Control over the utilization of the loan and the pattern of the gendered division of labor in the loan-funded activity: A case of Duterimbere MFI in Rwanda

Microcredit is believed to promote the low status of women in decision-making when they can control their loan-funded activities. However, the gendered division of labor of the patriarchal societies is known to create gender inequality in the ways women and men participate in their businesses as wom...

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Main Author: Mukamana, Liberata (Author)
Contributors: Okiria, Edith ; Sengendo, May
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Cogent social sciences
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 1
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