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Access to bank loans

A loan is a type of debt. In monetary terms, a loan entails the redistribution of financial assets over time, between the lender and the borrower. Loans are an important tool for social mobility. They allow people to purchase property, establish a business, or attend school. Loans and Discrimination In many countries, not all citizens […]

Access to property

Property is defined as things commonly recognized as belonging to a person or group. Important types of property include real property (), personal property (other physical possessions such as a home, a car, etc.), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.). Owners of property have the right to dispense with the property in […]

Addressing women’s needs for financial education

Table of Contents 1 About 2 About OECD INFE 3 Publication 4 See Also 5 External Links About Both women and men need to be sufficiently financially literate to effectively participate in economic activities and to take appropriate financial decisions for themselves and their families, but women often have less financial knowledge and lower access […]

Afghan Women Skills Development Centre

Afghan Women Skill Development Centre (AWSDC) is a non-profit, non-government and non-political organization, established in 1999 by a group of committed Afghan women with the aim to reduce the suffering of women and children through promotion of peace and initiation of rehabilitation and development projects. Table of Contents 1 Vision and Mission 2 Objectives 3 […]

Female Nobel Prize Laureates

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to 43 women since 1901.Nobel Prize Awarded Women One woman, Marie Curie, has been awarded the Nobel Prize two times, in 1903 (the Nobel Prize in Physics) and in 1911 (the Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Table of Contents 1 Physics 2 Chemistry 3 Physiology or Medicine 4 Literature 5 […]

FINCA International

FINCA International provides financial services to the world’s lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. We target the poorest of the working poor: those who have the least access to services such as loans, savings programs, and insurance. Our clients include women, who make up 70 percent […]

Gender and Trade Initiative (GATI)

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Objectives 3 Partners 4 References About The Gender and Trade Initiative (GATI)Retrieved from the Gender and Trade website, on 15 September 2010: Gender and Trade Website was started in 1994 by the Society for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (SOFCAR), an advocacy group from New Delhi, . The initiative aims […]

Gender Equality and Trade Policy

Women play a major role in contributing to the economy, to better governance, and to their communities and households. Discrimination and marginalization reduces this contribution, making societies worse off. Just like income inequality, gender discrimination tends to reduce growth and hold back development by crippling a part of society´s human capital. By contrast, there is […]

Janet Yellen

Janet Louise Yellen is an acclaimed professor of economics and business, and was nominated Chair of the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central banking system. Table of Contents 1 Life and Education 2 Career 3 Views 4 References 5 External links Life and Education Yellen was born on August 13, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. She […]

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