Essays about: "Petra Bergquist"
Found 2 essays containing the words Petra Bergquist.
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1. Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : During the last decade microfinance has become the latest trend in the development discourse, celebrated for empowering poor women to work their way out of poverty. Self-Employed Women’s Associations, SEWA, was alongside Grameen Bank one of the pioneers in the microfinance sector and has developed an integrated approach based on the life cycle needs of the members that is assumed to help them break the vicious circle of poverty. READ MORE
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2. Women - The way out of poverty? Locating women empowerment in a case study of Kudumbashree.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Abstract Since the early 1990s the concept of ?women empowerment? has gained ground in the development discourse as a result of the acknowledgement of the marginalization of women in development strategies. Poverty is frequently given the face of a woman, making it fashionable to evolve gender sensitive development schemes based on women empowerment, which are supposed to challenge the victimization of poor women. READ MORE