The Impact of Millennium Villages as a Strategy of Empowering Women Socially and Economically: a Case Study of Mwandama Millenium Villages, Malawi
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) as a strategy to empower women socially and economically, a case study of Mwandama Millennium Villages, Malawi. The study attempted to establish the inequalities women experience in all aspects of life, for instance in agriculture, business, health, education, community development and leadership. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: To examine the approaches and new technologies of the Millennium Villages in meeting its objectives and guidelines of empowering women socially and economically, to assess how the MVP has empowered women socially and economically and To determine factors that are inhibiting and contributing to women's empowerment socially and economically through the MVP.
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