Women’s empowerment and family poverty in the Tawhidi epistemological approach

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the socio-economic factors that will affect women’s empowerment from an Islamic perspective (the Tawhidi epistemological approach) and the impact of women’s empowerment on reducing family poverty. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative approach to see the relationship between research variables with structural equation model-partial least squares as the analysis tool. Findings In general, socio-economic variables had direct and indirect effects on reducing family poverty. In addition, the variable of women’s empowerment in an Islamic perspective can strengthen the influence of socio-economic variables on the alleviation of family poverty. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this research lies in the use of religiosity as an indicator with some constraints and the inclusion of all the necessary dimensions of a Muslim family. Additionally, because of the scope of the present research, the results may not be applicable in different areas, especially countries with distinctive characteristics such as having Muslims as the major population. On the other hand, the results of this research may provide comprehensive indicators of empowered Muslim women which enable the correlation between the socio-economic factors and women’s empowerment and how women’s empowerment can contribute to the alleviation of family poverty from the perspective of Islam. Originality/value This research provides new insights into the variable of women’s empowerment measured using the Islamic paradigm (Tawhidi epistemology) and includes religiosity as a variable that directly and indirectly influences the reduction of family poverty.

Clustering Research on Islamic Empowerment Model using R

“…Below is the division of these keyword clusters. (Samier & Elkaleh, 2021) (Soemitra et al, 2022) (Marfuatun & Muafi, 2021) (Nurasyiah et al, 2021) (Hadi et al, 2021) (Amelia et al, 2019) (Purnomo et al, 2015) (Ramadhanu & Widiastuti, 2017) (Zein et al, 2020) (Ridwan et al, 2019) (Hashim et al, (Fathoni & Rohim, 2019) (Farooq & Ssekamanya, 2018) (Nadzir, 2015)…”

“…Further, Nurasyiah et al (2021) said that women's empowerment and family poverty are issues that are often raised in development discussions in developing countries. No wonder poverty and gender equality are included in the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) launched by all countries in the world under the auspices of the United Nations.…”

Women as economic actors in the family: The importance of religion and community in Payungi’s women empowerment

“…In the women's empowerment concept, Nurasyiah et al (2021) explain that women's empowerment from an Islamic perspective can strengthen the socioeconomic variables' influence on family poverty alleviation. This study underlines that Islam and economics are two variables that are correlated with each other.…”

“…Studies on women's empowerment have provided many perspectives and insights on how women can survive with the limitations, barriers, and discrimination addressed. Among them is women's empowerment from an Islamic perspective which can strengthen socioeconomic variables' influence on family poverty alleviation (Nurasyiah et al, 2021) and the social capital impact on empowerment (Baranik et al, 2018). Meanwhile, studies related to religion and empowerment related to the religion existence moderating women's empowerment (Njoh & Akiwumi, 2012), the strong association of religious with women's empowerment (Bozzano, 2017), and the Koran and Sunnah linkage to women's empowerment (Samier & Elkaleh, 2021).…”

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“…This relationship also varies in relation to the coverage and compliance with minimum wage laws. An important aspect of non-economic poverty has been ignored in the literature but its significance is well acknowledged by the researchers (Mansi, Hysa, Panait, & Voica, 2020;Nurasyiah, Miyasto, Mariyanti, & Beik, 2020;Nwaka, Saint Akadiri, & Uma, 2020). The effects of minimum wage on poverty reduction in developing countries are also determined by labor market characteristics.…”