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Microfinance debts can end up being a trap for women in Sri Lanka. : Adam Jones CCBY2.0

Micro loans promised Sri Lankan and Cambodian women affected by war a way out of poverty as they rebuilt their lives. Instead the loans trapped them in debt.

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Microfinance promises women a future instead it traps them in debt

Micro loans promised Sri Lankan and Cambodian women affected by war a way out of poverty as they rebuilt their lives. Instead the loans trapped them in debt.

Economy
Dialogic accounting would better serve women’s empowerment in the microfinance context. : ‘Guatemala – Rural Women’ by UN Women is available at https://bit.ly3SIqx4b CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Microfinance doesn’t always empower the women reliant on it, but a different form of accounting could help level the playing field.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

Accounting for microfinance’s flaws

Microfinance doesn’t always empower the women reliant on it, but a different form of accounting could help level the playing field.

Economy
Empowering women through entrepreneurship leads to sustainable development and lower poverty rates. : ‘Karen women selling things’ by Xosé Castro is available at https://bit.ly3rxpHLy CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Entrepreneurship is an engine of economic growth but it can only move into top gear when there are more women.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

More women entrepreneurs mean less global poverty

Entrepreneurship is an engine of economic growth but it can only move into top gear when there are more women.

Economy