Reaching and empowering women: Towards a gender justice protocol for a diversified, inclusive, and sustainable financial sector

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 581-600

  Mayoux, Linda ^a  

^a International Consultant for Oxfam Novib's WEMAN Programme ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender empowerment; Gender justice; Microfinance

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MICROFINANCE; SAVINGS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 77953251109     PISSN: 15691500     EISSN: 15691497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156914910X499822     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ashe, J. and Parrott, L. 2001. PACT's Women's Empowerment Program in Nepal: A Savings and Literacy Led Alternative to Financial Institution Building. Kathmandu: PACT.
2. Basnet, P. 1995. "Trip Report to Bangladesh." Dhaka: Save the Children.
3. Chant, S. 2003. New Contributions to the Analysis of Poverty: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges to Understanding Poverty from a Gender Perspective. Santiago: CEPAL.
4. Cheston, S. 2006. Just the Facts, Ma'am: Gender Stories from Unexpected Sources with Morals for Micro-finance. Micro Credit Summit, from (http://www.microcreditsummit.org/papers/ Workshops/28-Cheston.pdf.)
5. Cheston, S. and Kuhn, L. 2002. Empowering Women Through Microfinance. Pathways Out of Poverty: Innovations in Microfinance for the Poorest Families.
6. Daley-Harris, S. Bloomfield, Kumarian Press: 167-228.
7. Gammage, S., 2006. A Menu of Options for Intra-Household Poverty Assessment. Washington, DC: USAID.
8. Goetz, A. M. and R. Sengupta 1996. "Who Takes the Credit? Gender, Power and Control over Loan Use in Rural Credit Programs in Bangladesh." World Development 24(1): 45-63.
9. Harper, A. 1995. Providing Women in Baltistan with Access to Loans-Potential and Problems. Lahore, AKRSP Pakistan.
10. Kabeer, N. 1998. 'Money Can't Buy Me Love'? Re-evaluating Gender, Credit and Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh. Brighton, IDS.
11. Mayoux, L. 1999. "Questioning Virtuous Spirals: Micro-finance and Women's Empowerment in Africa." Journal of International Development 11: 957-984.
12. -. 2000. Micro-Finance and the Empowerment of Women-A Review of the Key Issues. Geneva, ILO.
13. -. 2001. Tackling the Down Side: Social Capital, Women's Empowerment and Micro-finance, in Cameroon. Development and Change Retrieved 3, 32, from (http://www.microfinancegateway. org/files/18143-Tackling-the-Down-Side- Cameroon-pdf).
14. -. 2002. (http://www.povertytools.org/Project-Documents/ Gender%20Issues%20draft% 20072104.pdf).
15. -. 2006. Road to the Foot of the Mountain-but Reaching for the Sun: PALS Adventures and Challenges. Springs of Participation: Creating and Evolving Methods for Participatory Development. Karen Brock and Jethro Pettit, Intermediate Technology Publications.
16. -. 2008. Module 3: Gender and Rural Financ' from Gender and Agriculture Source Book, World Bank, Washington DC.
17. -. 2009a. A Gender Justice Protocol for Financial Services: Framework, Issues and Ways Forward. The Hague, Oxfam Novib.
18. -. 2009b. Reaching and Empowering Women: Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Microfinance: Guide for Practitioners. IFAD, Rome.
19. Montgomery, R. 1996. "Disciplining or Protecting the Poor? Avoiding the Social Costs of Peer Pressure in Micro-credit Schemes." Journal of International Development 8(2).
20. Montgomery, R., D. Bhattacharya, and D. Hulme, 1996, "Credit for the Poor in Bangladesh." In Finance Against Poverty, edited by D. Hulme, and P. Moseley. London, Routledge., Otero, M. and Rhyne, E., Eds. 1994. The New World of Microenterprise Finance: Building Healthy Financial Institutions for the Poor. London, IT Publications.
21. Pairaudeau, N. 1996. Savings and Loan Use Survey and Gender, Impact Assessment, of Uong Bi Savings and Credit Scheme. Hanoi, Action Aid Vietnam.
22. Rahman, A. 1999. "Micro-credit Initiatives for Equitable and Sustainable Development: Who Pays?" World Development 27(1):67-82.
23. SEEP. 2006. Consumer Protection Principles in Practice: A Framework for Developing and Implementing a Pro-Client Approach to Micro-finance (http://www.seepnetwork.org/content/article/ detail/4664).
24. Van Bastelaer, T. (nd). Imperfect Information, Social Capital and the Poor's Access to Credit, mimeo.
25. Watson, A. A., and C. Dunford, 2006, From Microfinance to Macro Change: Integrating Health, Education and Microfinance to Empower Women and Reduce Poverty. Microcredit Summit Halifax. (http://www.microcreditsummit.org/papers/ UNFPA-Advocacy-FINAL.pdf).
26. Zaidi, S Akbar, Haroon Jamal, Sarah Javeed and Sarah Zaka. 2007. "Social Impact Assessment of Microfinance Programs." n.d., n.s.