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dc.contributor.authorLeach, Fiona*
dc.contributor.authorSitaram, Shashikala*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:52:44Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:52:44Zen
dc.date.issued2002-11-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0961452022000017597en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130543en
dc.descriptionThis article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any meaningful role. It suggests ways in which the project might have been made more male inclusive while still empowering women. At the same time, it acknowledges that even if the men's hostility to the project had been overcome, the women's micro enterprises were unlikely to have been viable commercially. This is because the project insisted that the women operate as a group in what was a high-risk area of economic activity, with no clear strategy as to how their work could be sustained.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent14en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/microfinance-and-womens-empowerment-a-lesson-from-india-130543
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleMicrofinance and women's empowerment: a lesson from Indiaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryIndiaen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordFinance
oxfam.subject.keywordMicrofinance
oxfam.subject.keywordGender mainstreaming
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.number5en
prism.volume12en
dc.year.issuedate2002en
dc.year.issuedate2002en


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