Islamic Financial Inclusion for Women Empowerment: Imperative for Establishing Cash Waqf for Preventing Rural-Urban Girl-Child Hawking in Kano, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Nuruddeen Muhammad ◽  
Abba Mubarak
Keyword(s):  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Urban Girl

Social and economic empowerment of women through financial inclusion: empirical evidence from India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Pal ◽  
Hemant Gupta ◽  
Yogesh C. Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Decision Making ◽  
Financial Decision ◽  
The Impact

PurposeWomen empowerment becomes an important policy discussion in development economics and modernization theory. The empowerment of women can lead to an increase in the quality viz-a-viz the capacity of human resources accessible for economic development. The purpose of this study is to evidence the impact of social and economic dimensions on women empowerment through financial inclusion in rural India.Design/methodology/approachTo reveal the research objective, the study has utilized a primary survey of women respondents from the Gujarat state of India by a simple random sampling method and applied a logistic regression approach to identify the relationship between the need of a bank account (determinant of financial inclusion) as a dependent variable and social and economic dimensions of women empowerment such as earning status, participation in financial decision-making, recipient of social welfare schemes and perception towards the safety of saving as independent variables.FindingsThe results of this study show that earning status, participation in financial decision-making at household level and recipient of social welfare schemes by women have a significant impact on women empowerment through financial inclusion; however, safety of their savings is observed as an insignificant variable, yet the odd value is very high (2.437) in the present study.Originality/valueThe present study is the first of its kind to examine the social and economic status of women and its impact on their requirement of a formal bank account for the overall empowerment of women in rural India.

scholarly journals STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Calorine O Olumokoro
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Educational Stakeholders ◽  
The Status ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Status Of Women

This paper examines the strategies for improving the standard of women empowerment programmes in Nigeria which have not been adequately maintained and sustained over the years. The paper shows that despite the laudable programmes put in place by education agencies to elevate the status of women, certain factors tend to hinder access to the successful utilization of education opportunities by women. The paper discusses the concepts of empowerment and development, highlights the empowerment programmes and the situational analysis of women educational status and recommends, among others, that the empowerment of women should start from the grassroots by organizing training programmes with skill acquisition centres for women by government agencies and other educational stakeholders. The girl-child should be properly enrolled in schools early enough in order to overcome the primary set back of illiteracy. Education requires the concerted effort of all concerned as opposed to abandoning the responsibility to government alone.

Impact of Microfinance on Women Empowerment

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitendra S. Gandhi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Quantitative Aspect ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Rural Finance ◽  
The Impact

Micro-finance has proved its importance in relation to poverty eradication, financial development, rural finance, banking and financial services in India. Though the India had philanthropic philosophy to help each other and grow together, micro-finance helped the same in a more institutional and organized manner. India is a diverse country in every aspect of human life which applies to its poverty too. Each region of India has its own language of poverty. Micro-finance also puts forward the movement of financial inclusion of women across the community. Micro-finance has come forward as a ray of hope for the women who are supposed to be equally participating in financial inclusion. The impact of micro-finance in the area of women empowerment in India is still neglected and less documented concept especially in the spectrum of research. The present article is an outcome of literature review which clearly indicates the impact of micro-finance movement in the process of women empowerment. The article has utilized qualitative as well as quantitative aspect to explore the impact of micro-finance in the process of women empowerment.

scholarly journals FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 229-237
Author(s):  
Bincy George ◽  
K.T. Thomachan
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Low Income Groups

This paper examines women empowerment associated with financial inclusion. Financial inclusion is delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to the vast sections of disadvantaged and the low-income groups. The various financial services include access to saving, credit, insurance, bank account etc. The access to financial services helps women in their social and economic development. It is noted that access to financial service through financial inclusion do have impact upon the social and financial empowerment of women leading to their overall empowerment.

Artificial Intelligence and SHGs

2020 ◽  
pp. 291-303
Author(s):  
Vinay Kandpal ◽  
Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Efficient Solution ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Loan Repayment ◽  
Brick And Mortar

For inclusive growth and sustainable development of SHG and women empowerment, there is a need to provide an environment to access quality services from financial and non-financial agencies. While banks cannot reach all people through a ‘brick and mortar' model, new and advanced banking technology has enabled financial inclusion through branchless banking. By using artificial intelligence in banking, banks have a cost-effective and efficient solution to provide access to services to the financially excluded. Digital technology improves the accessibility and affordability of financial services for the previously unbanked or underbanked individuals and MSMEs. A big data-driven model can also be helpful for psychometric evaluations. Several psychometric tools help evaluate the applicant's answers which aid to capture information that can help to predict loan repayment behavior, comprising applicants' beliefs, performance, attitudes, and integrity.

scholarly journals Does financial inclusion empower women in emerging countries? A panel data analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandan Kumar Roy ◽  
Banna Banik ◽  
Huang Xiaoling
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Gender Development ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Women empowerment is inevitable and a fundamental goal for inclusive growth and sustainable development. The study aims to analyze the effect of financial inclusion on women empowerment using both fixed-effects and panel generalized methods of moments (GMM) estimation techniques covering a panel dataset of 50 emerging economies from 2005 to 2017. We use accessibility to automated teller machine services, availability of bank branches and accessibility to bank assets as three different measures of financial inclusion and gender inequality index, gender development index and political participation of females as the measure of women empowerment. We find evidence that each measure of financial inclusion is associated with lower gender inequality, higher gender development and more opportunities for political involvement of women respectively. Using different econometric estimation method and a board range of inclusion measures confirms the more robust association between financial inclusion and women empowerment. The study, thus, concludes that financial inclusion plays an important role in the welfare of female and girls which would further assist emerging economies to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5.

scholarly journals Effects of Financial Inclusion and Awareness Creation on Women Empowerment in Kalawa Ward, Makueni County-Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Janet Mutua ◽  
◽  
Nyaga G. Juster ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Women Groups ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Right ◽  
Poverty Levels

Despite the ever-increasing number of NGOs in Makueni County aimed at socio-economic empowerment of women, gender inequalities are persistent and poverty levels are high. This is evident by low participation of women in decision making process, control over ownership and access of resources and wealth, increased poverty levels, increased cases of gender-based violence. This has necessitated the need to establish the role of NGOs in women empowerment in Makueni County. The purpose of the study was to establish the role of NGOs in financial inclusion of women and the creation of awareness on property rights for women. The anchor theory for this study is the Women Empowerment Framework by Sara Longwe and the other theories used in the study include Kabeers 3-dimensional model; the public goods theory of financial inclusion. The study population was 60 women groups in Kalawa ward, Makueni County who have benefited from the NGOs programs. The total number of respondents were 1254 and a sample size of 294 was used. The findings revealed that financial inclusion and awareness creation on the right to own resources and property influence women empowerment. The focus group discussions highlighted that the NGOs are doing very little in regards to awareness creation on the right of ownership of resources and property. Women cited that discrimination, being left out of development agenda, illiteracy and patriarchal nature of the society as the major challenge. The study recommendations were that NGOs, National and County Governments should provide linkage to markets for the products from the income generating activities by women groups. Both Government and NGOs should develop frameworks to engage women in development agenda. Keywords: Women Empowerment, Financial Inclusion, Awareness Creation, NGOs, Makueni County.

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