Nandani Yadav and Priyabrata Sahoo
The chapter examines the employment status of women in the power loom sector by assessing their participation in this sector as well as in different major activities aside from…
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The chapter examines the employment status of women in the power loom sector by assessing their participation in this sector as well as in different major activities aside from power loom activities. The objective is to understand the time allocation of individuals who are related to the power loom sector and to evaluate the factors that affect the time spent in the sector. It has focused on women’s contribution to the power loom sector and discusses gender inequality in unpaid domestic chores. The study is based on primary data collected through in-depth interviews in the rural area of Benipur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. This study found that women participate less than men across all age groups in the power-loom sector in the rural area of Benipur. Women have lower education qualifications than men at each level; however, they are more involved in education than men in their initial years of schooling. Women’s involvement in education declines with age, while men’s involvement does not. Due to low educational attainment, they face many difficulties in understanding this new technology of power loom. Domestic involvement of women might be a major reason behind their low participation in education as well as the power loom sector. Even today, ‘farming or agriculture’ is the most important major alternate activity for the livelihood of the people who are related to the power-loom sector. The key contribution of this chapter is to understand the employment status of women and evaluate the women’s contributions to the power loom sector.
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Manas Ranjan Bhowmik and Shantanu Baidya
Industry 4.0 broadly implies the digital transformation of industrial works. In India’s industrial arena, the textile industry is extremely important in the non-farm sector, both…
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Industry 4.0 broadly implies the digital transformation of industrial works. In India’s industrial arena, the textile industry is extremely important in the non-farm sector, both regarding value addition and employment generation. This chapter attempts to think about new avenues of research while integrating different streams of literature. For example – literature on innovation, literature on the industrial ecosystem, literature on industry 4.0, and consequences for the Indian economy – all such streams of literature have been considered synoptically to think of a new research program. The focus of this research program is to explore pathways of synergizing these different literatures and thinking about how to integrate and apply innovations for the betterment of the unorganized manufacturing sector in India. The unorganized manufacturing sector is a vast area in India, so here, we focus on some specific sections of the textile sector which is the handloom weaving industry. How have changes in techniques happened within the handloom weaving sector so far? What are the possible ways of applying these new technologies in altering the products and processes within the textile sector? What can the government do in this regard? These are the research questions that need attention in today’s context, and we have not found serious works in this direction in the context of the Indian economy; hence, we are investigating these issues in this chapter.
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It is the fourth election since April 2021. President Rumen Radev -- the real power behind Prime Minister Galab Donev's caretaker government -- is widely suspected of wishing to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273001
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Nassir Ul Haq Wani, Bibi Sarah Majidi, Neeru Sidana and Richa Goel
Women's empowerment is nothing new; it has been acknowledged as an essential element of eradicating poverty and advancing the economy. However, it remains problematic in most…
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Women's empowerment is nothing new; it has been acknowledged as an essential element of eradicating poverty and advancing the economy. However, it remains problematic in most developing countries, such as Afghanistan. This research evaluates women's empowerment experiences by utilising Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as a fundamental development method to empower women economically and socially. This study adopts a qualitative research style, with data mainly acquired from rural areas (Kabul province). The findings indicated that SHG involvement is closely associated with families' socio-economic well-being, meaning that SHG participants are more empowered than those who do not engage or are oblivious to SHGs. SHGs confront various obstacles in Afghanistan, including (but not limited to) erroneous cultural norms, security issues, inadequate financial assistance and poor member participation, all of which influence operations. This study makes important recommendations for promoting and achieving women's integration and active participation in SHGs, including increasing social awareness, support from civil society and the government, laws and regulations that support women, strategies to increase women's economic and social empowerment and linking groups to commercial banks.
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Darko B. Vukovic, Marko Petrovic, Moinak Maiti and Aleksandra Vujko
The starting premise of this study is that women's empowerment is the goal for self-realization and that the support that comes from local tourism stakeholders represents an…
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Purpose
The starting premise of this study is that women's empowerment is the goal for self-realization and that the support that comes from local tourism stakeholders represents an adequate base. In many rural areas, women have established self-help groups (SHGs), which facilitate the interaction with a wide range of stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of SHGs on female entrepreneurship and self-employment in tourism.
Design/methodology/approach
To examine the research question, this study adopted a quantitative research that included a sample of 513 women in a less-advanced rural area in Serbia. For the data analysis, the generalized linear regression model (GLM) was used.
Findings
According to the results, self-employment is the leading goal of women's empowerment.
Research limitations/implications
The main limitation in the research and the authors’ suggestion for future research is to increase the sample size of female respondents, so examination of their attitudes and role in the travel business in their local settings might reach higher significance. The second issue that the authors would like to point out is a highly local character of our study, so the future research should involve other rural areas in the country and from abroad (e.g. similar undeveloped countryside with noticeable, active women's role in local entrepreneurship).
Practical implications
The most important practical implications of this paper are twofold: (1) the results of the research have shown that the tourist potential of rural areas can be enhanced through local tourism stakeholders' support; (2) women without professional interest or jobs in rural areas, especially in the areas where the population is traditionally dominated by men (husband/brother/father), have a chance to earn and to be economically more independent. This research can affect future studies to investigate other aspects of empowerment depending on the difference of regions, from one side, and also alternative opportunities for tourism and local development in less-advanced rural areas, from another side.
Originality/value
The study analyzes the tourism potential of the rural areas (which are less advanced and mostly very poor in developing countries, such as Serbia). In this case, there are opportunities to increase employment, social inclusion of women, development of new tourism strategies, implementation of destination marketing, etc. Moreover, it contributes to future research in the field of stakeholders in tourism strategies.
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This study attempts to evaluate the performance of women-dominated self-help groups (SHGs) in India and their contribution to financial inclusion. The two dimensions – spread and…
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This study attempts to evaluate the performance of women-dominated self-help groups (SHGs) in India and their contribution to financial inclusion. The two dimensions – spread and status of SHGs are considered to assess their performance level, where each of the dimensions has a few number of indicators. The study also constructs a composite financial inclusion index (FII) to calculate the FII values, which appear from the performance of SHGs, during the study period 2007–2021, in India. Finally, the study establishes a relationship between financial inclusion and human development since women’s involvement in financial inclusion is also conducive to human development. The study comes to the conclusion that despite success in achieving financial inclusion through promoting SHGs, the government should keep a focus on the ever-increasing amount of non-performing assets (NPA) of the banks since a part of that is related to the functioning of SHGs. However, the promotion of SHGs is fundamental for women empowerment, human development, and thereby, to ensure sustainable development.
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E. M. El-Khatib, W. M. Raslan, A.A. El-Halwagy and S. Galab
Low temperature plasma (LTP) treatment of textiles has emerged as one of the environmentally friendly surface modification methods. In this work, the effect of LTP treatment…
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Low temperature plasma (LTP) treatment of textiles has emerged as one of the environmentally friendly surface modification methods. In this work, the effect of LTP treatment generated by a dielectric barrier discharge technique (DBD) under atmospheric pressure by using three different gases; oxygen, nitrogen and air, on the properties of wool/polyester blend, is studied. The induced changes in wool/polyester blend properties, such as whiteness index, wettability, surface roughness, tensile strength, elongation %, surface morphology, dyeability and fastness properties are investigated. These changes are found to be dependent on the plasma treatment conditions, such as the gas that is used, discharge power and exposure time. The LTP treatments enhance the dyeing ability of the fibres with acid, basic and disperse dyestuffs as well as the fastness properties, and represent an approach to dyeing the blend in one bath.
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The decision comes after the legislature endorsed, on November 3, the direct supply of weapons to Ukraine. The upgrading of defence by Bulgaria and its neighbour Romania…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274392
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After two inconclusive elections, GERB and PP-DB have conditionally agreed to cooperate. The cabinet headed by Nikolay Denkov (PP-DB) ends the long rule by a caretaker…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279679
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C. Ganeshkumar, Arokiaraj David and D. Raja Jebasingh
The objective of this research work is to study the artificial intelligence (AI)-based product benefits and problems of the agritech industry. The research variables were…
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The objective of this research work is to study the artificial intelligence (AI)-based product benefits and problems of the agritech industry. The research variables were developed from the existing review of literature connecting to AI-based benefits and problems, and 90 samples of primary data from agritech industry managers were gathered using a survey of a well-structured research questionnaire. The statistical package of IBM-SPSS 21 was utilized to analyze the data using the statistical techniques of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Results show that better information for faster decision-making has been ranked as the topmost AI benefit. This implies that the executives of agritech units have a concern about the quality of decisions they make and resistance to change from employees and internal culture has been ranked as the topmost AI problem.