2Department of Research, Results: The findings indicate that the availability and user-friendliness of DFS play a Institute of Work and Family Integration, Lagos, Nigeria significant role in promoting the extracted themes among women domestic workers, thereby enhancing their reputation, relevance in the affairs of the family and overall growth and 3Department of development. [...] study assumes that empowerment theory points to a possible relationship between women’s use of DFS and involvement The prevalent approaches in the study of WEE in developing in paid work and their economic empowerment and nations frequently centre on women’s roles within the enhanced decision-making capability in the family. [...] The first step in the analysis was After the training of the field staff, the pilot study commenced drawing out common categories from the interviews. [...] The first thing I do is to pay my tithe then I decide on how much to give to my mother and elder relatives and last I think of what I can help with in the house.’ ‘I am able to save my money and I have the peace that my money is safer in the bank than giving to someone to help keep. [...] The first is the enabler of DFS, which is the example, the participants in the study constitute a highly ownership of mobile phones.
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Table of Contents
- Economic empowerment of women domestic workers: Role of digital financial services 1
- Introduction 1
- Theoretical framework 2
- Research methodology 2
- Data collection 3
- Characteristics of the sample 3
- Data analyses and coding 3
- Ethical considerations 3
- Findings 3
- What are the Digital Financial Services utilised by women domestic workers? 3
- How does Digital Financial Services powered by phone and transactional account ownerships enhance domestic women’s economic empowerment? 0
- Mobile phone and transaction account: Enables savings and investment 4
- Mobile phone and transaction account: Enables receiving and sending money 5
- Discussion 5
- Conclusion 6
- Acknowledgements 7
- Competing interests 7
- Authors’ contributions 0
- Funding information 7
- Data availability 7
- Disclaimer 7
- References 7
- Figures 5
- FIGURE 1: Model for economic empowerment of women domestic workers. 5
- FIGURE 2: Word cloud. 5
- Tables 3
- TABLE 1: Matrix of data collection across the study area. 3
- TABLE 2: Summary of interviewed participants (N = 40). 4
- TABLE 3: Domestic work and Digital Financial Services as a means to women’s economic empowerment. 0
