There is growing evidence that gender inequalities in developing societies inhibit economic growth and development. There are different models of reaching poor women through microfinance services. With a focus on ...more

Gender budgeting can deliver better-value services for both women and men. This CD aims to help service delivery and regeneration initiatives in the UK to take gender into account. Only ...more

Because the empowerment concept has been used in various ways by different groups including academics, activists, NGOS, UN bodies and governments, it has become both ambiguous to define and hard ...more

The Women in Enterprise (WIE) project in New Zealand aims to: document the characteristics of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owned by women; identify positive and negative factors that influence ...more

How successful has the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme in Bangladesh been at supporting very poor rural women? Since it was established in 1974 it is estimated that the VGD ...more