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Dimension
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Household
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Community
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Broader Arenas
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Economic
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Women’s control over income; relative contribution to family support, access to and control of family resources.
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Women’s access to employment; ownership of assets and land; access to credit; involvement / or representation in local trade associations; access to markets
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Women’s representation in high paying jobs; women CEO’s, representation of women’s economic interests in macro-economic policies, state and federal budgets.
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Socio - Cultural
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Women’s freedom of movement; lack of discrimination against daughters; commitment to educating daughters.
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Women’s visibility in and access to social spaces; access to modern transportation, participation in extra-familial groups and social networks, shift in patriarchal norms (such as son preference), representation of the female in myth and ritual.
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Women’s literacy and access to broad range of educational options, Positive media images of women, their roles and contributions.
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Familial / Interpersonal
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Participation in domestic decision – making, control over sexual relations ability to make child bearing decision, use contraception, obtain abortion, control over spouse selection and marriage timing; freedom from violence.
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Shifts in marriage and kinship systems indicating greater value and autonomy for women (e.g. later marriages, self selection of spouses, reduction in the practice of dowry, acceptability of divorce); local campaigns against domestic violence.
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Regional / national trends in timing of marriage, options for divorce, political, legal, religious support for (or lack of active opposition to) such shifts; systems providing easy access to contraception, safe abortion, reproductive health services.
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Legal
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Knowledge of legal rights; domestic support for exercising rights
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Community mobilization for rights; campaigns for rights awareness; effective local enforcement of legal rights.
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Laws supporting women’s rights, access to resources and options; Advocacy for rights and legislations, use of judicial system to redress rights violations.
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Political
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Knowledge of political system and means of access to it, domestic support for political engagement; exercising right to vote
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Women’s involvement or mobilization in the local political system / campaigns; support for specific candidates or legislation; representation in local government
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Women’s representation in regional and national government; strength as a voting bloc, representation of women’s interests in effective lobbies and interest groups.
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Psychological
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Self-esteem; self efficacy; psychological well – being
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Collective awareness of injustice, potential of mobilization.
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Women’s sense of inclusion and entitlement; systemic acceptance of women’s entitlement and inclusion.
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Participants