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dc.contributor.authorQudrat-I Elahi, Khandakar*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:53:46Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:53:46Zen
dc.date.issued2003-11-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0961452032000125974en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130598en
dc.descriptionBased on 'Microfinance, empowerment, and Sudra women in India'. In their article 'Microfinance and women's empowerment: a lesson from India', published in the November 2002 issue of Development in Practice, Fiona Leach and Shashikala Sitaram (henceforth LS) report the results of their research on an NGO project undertaken in the Karnataka State of South India-an area heavily populated by Sudra (scheduled caste) people. The project's main objective was to empower the Sudra women working in the silk-reeling industry, by 'transforming them from poorly paid labourers into successful independent entrepreneurs' (p. 577). More specifically, this project was undertaken to tackle the perceived discrimination against the Sudra women: about 60 per cent of the industry's labour force consists of women, yet very few of them are independent silk-reeling entrepreneurs. Women tend to work as paid labourers, while men manage and supervise the reeling units, largely because of restrictions on women's access to technology, training, and credit, among other things.en
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dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/feedback-130598
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleFeedbacken
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.keywordGender mainstreaming
oxfam.subject.keywordMicrofinance
prism.number5en
prism.volume13en
dc.year.issuedate2003en
dc.year.issuedate2003en


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