Microfinance programs have very often targeted women.
By providing access to financial services through women — making them responsible for loans, opening savings accounts in their names — microfinance programs send a strong message to households as well as to communities.
Many studies have documented how access to financial services has improved the status of women within the family and the community.
Women have become more assertive and confident; in regions where women's mobility is strictly regulated, they have become more visible and are better able to negotiate the public sphere. Women own assets, including land and housing, and play a stronger role in decision making and in economic terms, which is also helping in reducing levels of violence against women.
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