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Women’s Empowerment

Women’s Empowerment. Women’s Employment and Earnings Decisionmaking Attitudes Toward Wife Beating. Photo courtesy of Pav Govindasamy. Employment by Age. Percentage of currently married women and men who were employed in the 12 months before the survey. Type of Payment.

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Women’s Empowerment

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  1. Women’s Empowerment

  2. Women’s Employment and Earnings • Decisionmaking • Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Photo courtesy of Pav Govindasamy

  3. Employment by Age Percentage of currently married women and men who were employed in the 12 months before the survey

  4. Type of Payment Percent distribution of payment type among employed currently married women and men age 15-49 employed in the past 12 months

  5. Control Over Woman’s Earnings Among currently married women age 15-49 who received cash earnings, percent by who decides how woman’s earnings are used

  6. Comparing Women’s and Partner’s Earnings Percent of currently married women age 15-49 who received cash earnings who make:

  7. Control over Husband’s Earnings According to currently married men age 15-49 who receive cash earnings, percent distribution of who decides how husband’s earnings will be used According to currently married women age 15-49 whose husbands receive cash earnings, percent distribution of who decides how husband’s earnings will be used

  8. Ownership of Assets Percent of women and men age 15-49 who:

  9. Women’s Employment and Earnings • Decisionmaking • Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Photo courtesy of Pav Govindasamy

  10. Women’s Participation in Decisionmaking Percent of currently married women age 15-49 who usually make specific decisions by themselves or jointly with their husband

  11. Women’s Employment and Earnings • Decisionmaking • Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Photo courtesy of Pav Govindasamy

  12. Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Percent of women and men age 15-49 who agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife under certain circumstances

  13. Summary • 57% of currently married women are employed, compared to 99% of currently married men. • 30%of currently employed women are not paid for their work, compared to 9% of men. • 67% of women make less than their husbands. • 54% of women participate in all 3 decisions (health care, major household purchases and visits to family), while 12% of women do not participate in these decisions. • 68% of women and 45% of men believe that a husband is justified in beating his wife under certain circumstances.

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