Namrata: I certainly saw that phenomena in Pakistan. Lots of MFIs claimed they were lending to women, but they were really the "front man" for the loan for...
Dear All, Recently I have completed my research in Lahore, Pakistan, focused on ‘Men’s perspective of women’s empowerment through microfinance’.  I...
Dear Namrata and Kirsten, Â I do agree with views of Namarta regarding the utilization of MF loans in Pakistan by the male members of female borrowers. The...
Dear Kirsten: In relation to statistics reflecting the proportion of men and women that
are in micro and SME, there are studies made by Juan Diego Trejos...
Dear Sir/Madam, Nakuru North Women Empowerment Programme is an initiative of Education Supplements International,a non-governmental organization(NGO) based in...
Dear Sir/Madam, Microfinance Focus glad to release a special issue of August 2008. This issue focuses on various aspects of Micro insurance. Microfinance Focus...
There's been some mention on this list and on the microfinance practice group about MFIs in certain countries which lend through women rather than to women;...
Dear Kirsten, Yes certainly in the case of Pakistan I think the studies by both Abbas, and also a rigorous study by the EU which is in the Pakistan folder in...
The gender survey is closing on Monday! Thanks to everyone who has completed the survey on barriers to the growth of women-owned microenterprises and what...
Wife Detained Over Hubby's Loan Monday, 15 September 2008 A 36-year-old woman, Veronica Eklu, was detained for five hours on Thursday by a savings and loans...
Have any of you got any further with Consumer Protection issues? This will be a key area of discussion for genfinance. Please let us know your views. Best...
Dear all, I think we should be raising some questions about gender and poverty here. Attached is a paper I did in 2004 for this process. I shall put up a...
Dear Linda, Thanks for this, I have already registered for participation. Hugs from Buenos Aires, where I am attending the "Vital Voices of the Americas...
Dear all, Please find below information about <blocked::http://www.ifad.org/gender/pub/sourcebook/gal.pdf> World Bank, FAO and IFAD Gender in Agriculture...
Thanks Linda, the resources are great! Â - Yemisi Nigeria __________________________________________________ Â Â Â Â J-O'YÂ (Joel-Osebor'Yemisi) 'We can do...
I would be interested to know from anyone who can go to this, whether 'the poor' means equal access also for women. This is a key area of innovation in ...
... From: Adrian Bannister [mailto:A.Bannister@...] Sent: 10 October 2008 17:26 To: Siyanda Update Subject: [siyanda] Gender and Social Protection, Issue...
Dear all, I am wondering if any of you have any thoughts on the extremely important questions from Kathryn Devereaux below. Please copy responses to both...
Dear Linda and Kathryn: There is an experience in urban agriculture being replicated in few Latin
American cities (and probably in other cities around the...
Dear Peter, In response to your mail below: It would be good to know from Kathryn the references for the assertions of the importance of land ownership in...
Dear Peter, It was more your language in your dismissal of the UN Reports and Kathryn's question etc which I found problematic - and it seems misleading as to...
Dear Linda and Kathryn, Thanks for raising this very important issue. I cannot emphasise enough how important it is for women to own farm land and other land...
Hello: New members were asked to introduce ourselves to the group: I am Nicole Pasricha, a senior consultant in MEDA's microfinance department based in...
Dear Milford and Peter (in response to your various mails some of which below), Whether or not women's land rights are an issue for micro-finance depends very...
Thanks Kathryn, I thought others may be interested in this. Best wishes, Linda From: Kathryn Devereaux [mailto:kdevereaux@...] Sent: 24 October 2008...
Thanks for this Teresa, Do you have information on the type of loans these were - rough amounts, repayment schedules, whether the land was registered in the...
Thanks Teresa, This is precisely the sort of detail I needed. Although these are relatively long term borrowers, this still could serve as an important...
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