Reviewing literature on exploring women’s participation and transition into formal employment: Case studies in regional Indonesia

This paper reviews the literature on women’s economic empowerment, including women’s agency, which are relevant to this study. Paper aims to review advances in the concept and measurement of agency and empowerment in the relevant literature. Secondly, in order to understand the empirical aspects of women’s agency and empowerment. Thirdly, it reviews some empirical literature pertaining to the effects of women’s economic empowerment on families’ income and well-being. Fourthly, this paper discusses how women’s agency and economic empowerment are exercised in particular developing.