India Women’s Economic Empowerment - Mapping and Study - Rise-up (Public Health Institute – PHI) Washington, DC, CIP - 2020
The "India Women’s Economic Empowerment - Mapping and Study," conducted by Rise-up (Public Health Institute – PHI) in 2020, focused on understanding the gaps, opportunities, and challenges within the women’s empowerment landscape in India. The study used a mixed-methods approach, including a structured quantitative survey with 22 NGO/CSO managers from Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. Additionally, 19 in-depth interviews with organizational leaders and four focus group discussions with women’s communities were conducted. Insights were triangulated with existing literature to provide a comprehensive view of the state of women's economic empowerment in India.