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A self-help group (commonly abbreviated SHG) is a financial intermediary committee usually composed of 12 to 25 local women between the ages of 18 and 50. Most self-help groups are in India, though they can be found in other countries, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia. A SHG is generally a group of people who work on daily wages who ...
These books provide empowering examples of women doing just that: demanding seats when none are offered, crafting their own folding chairs out of whatever materials they can get their hands on ...
Women's World Banking was born out of an idea conceived during the first United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City in 1975 to coincide with the International Women's Year and to mark the start of the "UN Decade for Women" (1976–1985). The Mexico City conference was convened by the United Nations General Assembly to focus ...
Although savings and credit cooperatives exist in developing countries to avoid dealing with microfinance institutions and are often the recipients of support services from the government, many are still male-dominated and discourage women from joining. [22] For example, in Kenya, only 3% of women have access to the formal financial sector, as ...
The self-help group (SHG) linkage model has also been proposed to improve financial inclusion by linking community groups to the formal banking sector through government programs, credit cooperatives, NGOs, or other microfinance institutions. Group-based models in which members pool their savings have also been seen as tools for social and ...
Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), meaning "service" in several Indian languages, is a trade union based in Ahmedabad, India, that promotes the rights of low-income, independently employed female workers. [1] Nearly 2 million workers are members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association across eight states in India.
0-06-250933-0. If Women Counted (1988) is a book by New Zealand academic and former politician Marilyn Waring, that is regarded as the "founding document" of the discipline of feminist economics. [1] The book is a groundbreaking and systematic critique of the system of national accounts, the international standard of measuring economic growth ...
Rural Women Energy Security (RUWES) – founded 2013. Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) – founded 2001. Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) – founded 1993 by Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi. Women in Nigeria (WIN) – founded 1982. Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) – founded 2008.