Fueling Women Empowerment?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Wali Qazi ◽  
Humair Ali Khushk
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Mobile Financial Services ◽  
The Status ◽  
Familial Context ◽  
And Training

The purpose of this study is to explore the structural meaning of empowerment realized through microcredit from the women's perspective. Women-lived experiences have been gauged to see how they feel empowered when microcredit is selected as transformation for their lives; also identifying the status of branchless banking is in focus. Abductive research strategy with hermeneutics phenomenology for interpreting women interviews are applied. The participants were selected through purposive sampling, 46 were interviewed from 17 districts of Sindh, Pakistan. Through interpretative phenomenological analysis, interviews were analyzed; and meaning constructed that women with financial stability are empowered specifically in a familial context; also, results show that branchless banking like easy paisa and other mobile financial services are in emerging stage and there is desire need of it. Microfinance practitioners can design strategies, framework and training according to the specific needs noticed in this study.

The effects of agent incentives and training of women business owners on the take-up of mobile financial services in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianmarco Leon ◽  
Erika Deserranno ◽  
Firman Witolear ◽  
Mayra Buvinic ◽  
Hillary C. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Women Business Owners ◽  
Mobile Financial Services ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals MICROFINANCE AND SOCIO-CULTURAL AND FAMILIAL EMPOWERMENT: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WOMEN PARTICIPANTS OF SELFHELP GROUPS IN DELHI AND HARYANA

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
Aarti Dhanrajani ◽  
Sanjiv Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Loan Portfolio ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Familial Context

Microfinance provides access to financial services to the underprivileged people, specifically women. The sector is currently having a total loan portfolio worth 1.785 trillion according to the SIDBI Microfinance Pulse Report 2019.With respect to women empowerment, microfinance plays a special role by providing the women easy access to credit through which they get the confidence in starting their own businesses and become independent. Women empowerment is multi-dimensional in nature and comprises of economic,socio-economic and skill empowerment.The present paper attempts to find out if microfinance program through Self-Help Groups (SHGs) is effective in empowering women in socio-cultural and familial context. The study was conducted through a questionnaire involving 500 respondents from SHGs of Delhi and Haryana. It was found that there is significant relation between the microfinance program participation duration and the socio-cultural and familial empowerment. The study found evidence that microfinance program along with providing financial assistance to the women participants aid in empowering the women in socio-cultural and familial domain.

scholarly journals Phenomenological Experiences of Women through Microcredit Programs of Upper Sindh: Stepping towards the Empowerment.

2018 ◽  
pp. 200-222
Author(s):  
Sarah Wali Qazi Et al.,
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Saturation Point ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
Women Experiences ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research study extracts the women experiences about empowerment which are comprehended through the use of microcredit. During the Literature exploration, it was obvious that there is an optimistic verdict between women empowerment and microcredit; also it alleviates the poverty of women that is a feminization of poverty. This study has assessed the lived experiences of women that how they precipitate their feelings for grasping empowerment with microcredit. This is an abductive research strategy along with the philosophy of hermeneutic phenomenology within a feminist paradigm, and generally, research design reveals the truth of numerous subjective perspectives and would help in creating the meaning of empowerment from the upper Sindh’s context. This study is conducted in upper Sindh; women who availed microcredit from microfinance banks and institutions are respondents. For data collection, in-depth interviews by using interview protocol have been conducted till the saturation point. The interpretative phenomenological analysis is used to extract the themes and constructing meanings. Women associate financial ability for having three meals a day and decision taking capability as their empowerment, they think the transformation of families’ lives in a better way is their empowerment. From subjective views of upper Sindh women, it was seen that microcredit transforms their lives if used in some economic activity. This study would be valuable for the policy designers of microfinance that they can plan strategies and policies accordingly.

Role of Income Generation Programme in Women Empowerment

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalakha Rao ◽  
Shivani Kushwaha
Keyword(s):  
Skill Training ◽  
Safe Motherhood ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Related Field ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The connection between poverty and women's lack of power over resources and decision-making has now caught the attention of policymakers in government and mainstream development all over the world. Women empowerment issues perceived nationally or locally are being addressed by both state and non-state agencies. Beside the government intervention, NGOs are implementing various types of Women Empowerment Programmes including IG Programmes. Women Empowerment Programmes in India include livelihood support Programme, rehabilitation and job placement for rescued women, safe motherhood Programme and so forth. In spite of involvement of various NGOs in women empowerment through Income Generation and Skill Development Programmes, the status of women is still not satisfactory in India as various official as well as unofficial reports claim and the outcomes against the stated objectives of the NGOs' Women Empowerment Programmes are often questioned. Therefore, the present study is focused in assessing the impact of IG Programmes run by non-government organizations in empowering women. The researcher hypothesizes that IG Programme with its components viz., skill training, resource inputs of loan and equipment help to increase income to the women through independent business or work in the related field; the increased income lessens their dependence on family heads and enables to spend for personal expenses; gives them certain freedoms as individuals; enables them to contribute to family affairs financially, which creates an environment in the family in favor or the women to accept her views and participation in family matters like education, marriage, purchase etc.

Clergy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Hill QC
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church ◽  
And Training

This chapter focuses on the clergy of the Church of England. It first explains the process of selection and training for deacons and priests, along with their ordination, functions, and duties. It then considers the status and responsibilities of incumbents, patronage, and presentation of a cleric to a benefice, and suspension of presentation. It also examines the institution, collation, and induction of a presentee as well as unbeneficed clergy such as assistant curates and priests-in-charge of parishes, the authority of priests to officiate under the Extra-Parochial Ministry Measure, the right of priests to hold office under Common Tenure, and the role of visitations in maintaining the discipline of the Church. The chapter concludes with a discussion of clergy retirement and removal, employment status of clergy, vacation of benefices, group and team ministries, and other church appointments including rural or area deans, archdeacons, diocesan bishops, suffragan bishops, and archbishops.

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