The micro-credit programs provide the credit facilities in empowering women in rural areas. The study focuses the way of increase the activities through micro credit in empowering poor women. For this purpose the problem is identified as “To what extent the micro credit programme influences in...

Rural women play a significant role in the domestic and socio-economic life of the society. Therefore nations' development is not possible without developing this segment of the society. Women face numerous challenges in accessing education and health services, as well as economic development....

The micro-credit programs provide the credit facilities in empowering women in rural areas. The study focuses the way of increase the activities through micro credit in empowering poor women. For this purpose the problem is identified as “To what extent the micro credit programme influences in...

Women mostly suffer from poverty in many developing countries. Sri Lanka, being one of the developing countries, and has been affected by the internal conflict over 30 years. Now, the post war development is carried out in the northern and eastern province of the country however, the war widows,...

More than 65 million poor people have accessed microcredit schemes and about three quarters of them are women. This paper addresses the challenging issue of whether the microcredit programmes are tools for empowering poor women. For this purpose the problem is identified as ― to what extent...

Women empowerment is giving legitimate power or authority to perform the tasks. If women were empowered they would be able to participate in the planning and decision making task and contribute to the development programmes and activities individually. This study focuses on women empowerment...

The prime objective of this study is to identify the association between micro-credit and women empowerment by giving opportunity for self-employment and the impact of micro-credit on women empowerment as well. This study focuses on women empowerment through micro-credit under post-war...

Rural women play a significant role in the domestic and socioeconomic life of the society. Therefore nations development is not possible without developing this segment of the society. Women face numerous challenges in accessing education and health services, as well as economic development....

This study seeks to examine the impact of micro credit facilities on women empowerment in the context of the great importance being given to the entrepreneurs. Access to credit can help women by enabling them to start and expand small businesses, often accompanied by market access. This study...