Daily Archives | Women empowerment
“Credit is not a Human Right”
April 19th, 2012
READ MOREFew years ago Dr. Muhammad Yunus asserted that credit should be elevated to the category of human rights to raise a sense of urgency regarding its implementation. A new work published by John Gershman and Jonathan Morduch, researchers at the …
Microfinance and Discrimination
April 13th, 2012
READ MOREAn insightful study made by researchers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University has found that attractive, thin, light-skinned women are the best candidates to receive the benefits of microlending sites and charitable initiatives. They have the best chances compared to men, …
The Biggest Hurdles for Microfinance
January 2nd, 2012
READ MOREIn a recent article microfinance expert Brian Schmierer focuses the current situation of the industry. He considers that it suffers several negative conditions: 1. the atmosphere of the financial sector worldwide; 2. the unreasonable expectations on microfinance as a whole …
A Gender-Balanced Lending Portfolio
December 30th, 2011
READ MOREMost microfinance clients are women and this financial option has been considered as an option for their empowerment throughout the world. The situation is changing. Elena Bridgers, a social researcher based in France, has published an article on the Stanford …
Afghan Women Gain Visibility
November 11th, 2011
READ MOREIn Afghanistan the Taliban rule excluded women of public life and they lived under a house arrest imposed by the state. In the last decade things have changed for them. International investments have helped them with new learning and training …
First Lady Promotes Women Empowerment
November 10th, 2011
READ MOREWomen’s empowerment is an important issue in Latin American countries. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Dominican first lady, spoke before a crowd of seven hundred at the 2011 Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. luncheon, in the first week of November. She …
A Calendar to Combat World Poverty
November 3rd, 2011
READ MOREThe Whole Planet Foundation is a non-governmental organization that raises and donates funds to support microfinance lending organizations so they can provide direct microloans. The 2012 calendars published by the entity are on sale at the Whole Food Market Stores …
A Dominican Soap Opera Encourages Saving
October 25th, 2011
READ MOREMicrofinance is a growing cultural movement with impact in the world. Going Against the Flow, a new soap opera produced in the Dominican Republic twists the regular conventions of the genre and offers its target audience (poor women) financial education …
Giving Women Credit
October 24th, 2011
READ MOREPro Mujer, a non-profit microfinance organization devoted to alleviating poverty and empowering women in Latin America, recently celebrated its traditional benefit “Giving Women Credit” in New York City. Rosario Pérez, chief executive officer of Pro Mujer reported that in the …
The Isis Fund
October 12th, 2011
READ MOREMary Ellen Iskenderian is Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Banking Fund (WBF). Remembering the work of Ann Dunham (Presidents Obama’s mother and pioneer of a microcredit program in Indonesia twenty years ago) she announced the launching of the Isis …