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Title: | The Role of Microcredit Programme in Empowerment of Women: The case of Dire Dawa Women Association’s Microcredit Programme |
Authors: | Lishanu, Netsuh |
Keywords: | Public Administration |
Issue Date: | Apr-2014 |
Publisher: | St. Mary's University |
Abstract: | This case study examines the role of microcredit programme in changing the social and
economic status of women in the context of empowerment. It is based on the findings of
primary fieldwork in Dire Dawa, investigating the processes and results from the
implementation of Dire Dawa Women Association’s Micro Credit Programme. The central
activity of the programme was the transfer of money in value of Ethiopian Birr starting from
2,500 to 120,000 to targeted women from extremely poor households. This investment in
cash was given specifically to a woman within that household and the majority of these
female beneficiaries used it to start their own small businesses.
This study argues that interventions which adopt primarily an economic entry point coupled
with minimum training on basic financial literacy and gender had an empowerment effect in
the lives of the women in building the agency role in other words, having the capacity to act
on what they know. Importantly, giving them back their sense dignity and worth as a human
being to be equally treated and to not to be deterred from reaching their full potential. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2810 |
Appears in Collections: | Public Administration
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