Impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment

Mengstie, Belay

doi:10.1186/s13731-022-00250-3

Cited by 23 publications

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“…Women's participation in economic life is key sign of the realization of their rights which reinforces their role in decision-making in their households and entirely influences their community [38]. However, the status of women's rights in Sudan still lags behind other countries and Sudanese women are fighting for equal rights, 70% of the protesters are women.…”

Section: Sudanmentioning

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Women in social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan

Ualiyeva

2024

Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities

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The Institute of Social Entrepreneurship was legally regulated in the law system of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2021. The state policy is aimed at ensuring entrepreneurs' participation in creating solutions in the community, assisting in the employment of socially vulnerable segments of the population providing equality for all citizens. The state addresses certain vulnerabilities of some to ensure the protection of their rights. A Kazakhstani social entrepreneur who launched an online store "Invamade" marketing items handmade by people with special needs and representatives of socially vulnerable groups proves the success of that policy. The advanced entrepreneur is aware of the problems of vulnerable people who might encounter challenges in accessing resources and tries to facilitate them by providing jobs and incomes. Particularly single mothers struggle to provide children with essential needs on the background of male dominance in more prestigious and profitable areas of construction, industry, and agriculture. Women have to be involved in lower-paid educational and social areas. Social enterprise fosters these women to reach financial independence, allowing them to combine their vulnerability with entrepreneurial activity. The article uses approaches of qualitative content analysis assessing women's participation in social entrepreneurship to resolve the gap between local methods and those of developed countries. The study reveals that legal domestic regulation of social entrepreneurship does not contribute to the active participation of women compared with developed nations mainly due to low financial education, lack of leadership skills, insufficient state financing, and gender inequality. Legal mechanisms are proposed to stimulate the involvement of Kazakhstani women in social entrepreneurship.

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Section: Sudanmentioning

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Women in social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan

Ualiyeva

2024

Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities

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“…Credit availability and accessibility are some of the factors influencing women's economic empowerment. Access to financing, primarily to begin an economic empowerment activity, is one of the most significant challenges facing rural women today [21,22]. Women generally have fewer credit prospects than men for a variety of reasons, including a lack of collateral and an unwillingness to accept household assets as collateral [23].…”

Section: Economic Indicatorsmentioning

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Women Farmers Empowerment: The Role of Cooperative Societies in Kwara State, Nigeria

Waheed,

Abiola,

Daudu

et al. 2023

QJAS

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Cooperatives have the potential to be an important instrument for women to carry out social transformation, especially in rural areas. The study, however, investigates the role of cooperative societies in women empowerment in Kwara State, Nigeria. A Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 219 respondents for the study. A Well-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents and the data obtained were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the findings showed that respondents were in their productive age with a mean age of 42 years. The majority (90.0%) of the respondents were married with a household size of 8 dependants. Higher percentage (93.0%) of the respondents were educated with primary education (57.5%) as the highest educational level attained by the respondents. Respondents were majorly practising farmers with 14 years of farming experience and earning an average of ₦243,741.1 per annum. The cooperative societies empowered women farmers mostly by provision of advisory and advocacy services (92.2%), collective processing of farm produce (90.9%) and skill acquisition programmes (90.4%). Women farmers participated more in the collective processing of farm produce (M.S= 4.16). The level of participation of women in empowerment programmes was moderate (94.5%, M= 2.76) with a higher level of empowerment in psychological aspects (96.0%; M= 3.96) than economic (97.7%, M= 2.38) and socio-cultural (90.9%, M= 2.89) dimensions. Women farmers were constrained mainly with limited access to credit (M= 2.79) and limited funds (M= 2.53) to deliver empowerment programmes. There is a positive and significant relationship (p<0.05) between age, farming experience, household size, years of membership in cooperatives and the level of participation. The PPMC results also show a significant correlation (r = 0.67, p< 0.05) between levels of participation and empowerment. The study therefore recommended that the government should make adequate credit facilities and funds available to cooperative societies to roll out more empowerment programmes to women farmers for sustainable livelihoods and food security.

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“…On the positive side, there has been an improvement in educational attainment and employment status. Women have increasingly been involved in income-generating activities, and micro-financing has played a role in uplifting the socio-economic empowerment of women [17][18][19][20]. However, challenges remain, particularly in participation in decision-making and household positions.…”

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Empowering Women through IT: The Role of the IT Sector in Bangladesh

et al. 2023

Saudi J Econ Fin

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This observational-review article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role of the Information Technology (IT) sector in empowering women in Bangladesh. The study synthesizes existing literature and secondary data to analyze the historical and current societal status of women in the country, with a specific focus on the IT sector. It explores how the IT sector has contributed to elevating women's social and economic status and identifies the challenges and barriers that women face in this domain. The article also offers policy recommendations at both the national and individual levels to further enhance the role of IT in women's empowerment. These recommendations include policy-level interventions, skill development programs, and awareness campaigns, among others. By addressing these key points, this study aims to contribute to the growing body of literature on women's empowerment in Bangladesh and offer actionable insights for policymakers, industry leaders, and individuals. The study acknowledges its limitations, primarily its reliance on existing literature, which may not capture the most current

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Impact of microfinance on women’s economic empowerment

Cited by 23 publications

References 20 publications

Women in social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan

Women in social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan

Women Farmers Empowerment: The Role of Cooperative Societies in Kwara State, Nigeria

Empowering Women through IT: The Role of the IT Sector in Bangladesh

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