A Three-Dimensional Model of Women's Empowerment: Implications in the Field of Microfinance and Future Directions.
Offering access to microfinance services to women is one way to increase women's empowerment
Abstract
Women’s empowerment is an important goal in achieving sustainable development worldwide. Offering access to microfinance services to women is one way to increase women’s empowerment. However, empirical evidence provides mixed results with respect to its effectiveness. We reviewed previous research on the impact of microfinance services on different aspects of women’s empowerment. We propose a Three-Dimensional Model of Women’s Empowerment to integrate previous findings and to gain a deeper understanding of women’s empowerment in the field of microfinance services.
This is an output from the ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’ project
Citation
Huis MA, Hansen N, Otten S, Lensink R. A Three-Dimensional Model of Women’s Empowerment: Implications in the Field of Microfinance and Future Directions. Frontiers in Psychology 2017;8 1678.