Fostering Agency and Wellbeing in Women: An Evaluation of the IMAGINE Initiative
There is growing evidence that fostering individual agency for women is important for effective economic development and well-being. This article assesses the outcomes of the IMAGINE Initiative in Kenya, a programme intended to empower individuals through a four-day interactive workshop.
Agency-Based Empowerment Training Enhances Sales Capacity of Female Energy Entrepreneurs in Kenya
Globally, women’s involvement in clean cooking value chains has been minimal. This is partly because of the multiple challenges faced by women that impede their capacity to effectively engage in the energy sector. To better discern gender-specific differences in involvement in the energy sector, the authors conducted a randomized trial in Kenya to compare sales performance of newly trained male and female improved cookstove entrepreneurs and to test the effects of an agency-based empowerment training on business activity.
On-going qualitative studies on women in sex work in Pune, India
The vast majority of women engaged in sex work in India are forced into the trade by violence or coercion or are otherwise introduced as a result of extreme poverty.
The case of Saheli HIV AIDS Karyakarta Sangh
Life Satisfaction, Empowerment and Human Development among women in sex work in the red light area of Pune (Maharashtra, India).
Jordan River Foundation: IMAGINE Empowerment Workshop Evaluation Results
Jordan River Foundation (JRF) conducted a series of Empowerment Workshops as part of the IMAGINE initiative targeting a group of its program’s female beneficiaries. This report presents the workshops impact evaluation results. The results were drawn from a representative sample, whose members’ input was surveyed to explore the impact the training had on its participants’ lives.
Stories from Afghanistan
Over 900 civil servants in Kabul, Afghanistan, have participated in IMAGINE’S Empowerment Workshop or the Empowerment Life Coaching Program. The results have been outstanding.
Stories from Africa
I come from Nigeria and my greatest learning from the IMAGINE Program was discovering my power and my dreams in the Empowerment Workshop’s seven areas of life: emotions, relationships, sexuality, body, money, work, and spirituality.
Stories from India
IMAGINE India began with an idea, a small grant from Ram Jethmalani Foundation, New Delhi, and a tremendous amount of enthusiasm to see what is possible.
Stories from Jordan
IMAGINE has worked with the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) since 2012 and during that time many thousands of women, and now men, have been touched by the Empowerment Workshop.
