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Women's micro-enterprises development |
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Fem reckons that supporting the development of micro-enterprises belonging to women is
one of the most efficient methods of improving the social and economic quality of life
of marginalized communities in the south of the world.
The support in building up the necessary conditions for the development of women's micro
enterprises is realized through initiatives involving renewable energy, health, education,
sustainable waste management through recycling and g, house improvement.
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All these types of intervention will be considered with the aim of creating micro enterprises
opportunities privileging those in which women are directly involved. Actions will not be implemented
if there exists no real prospective of creating a durable development for the single
micro entrepreneur.
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Microfinance |
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The access to credit under sustainable conditions,
together with the provision of basic financial education, represents a fundamental aid for
the management of the family's economic activities, especially in rural areas.
Moreover, it represents an essential pillar for the start up of any
form of micro-entrepreneurial activity. Microfinance has demonstrated of being an effective
way to improve the living conditions of families in different economic or social contexts.
In almost all the positive examples the primary role of the women (as beneficiaries of the
educational intervention, recipients of the loan, and/or guarantors of the financial obligation
contracted) has been essential.
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Microfinance was born in rural contexts to cover basic needs of local communities,
but has successively spread out to fulfill the emerging necessities in the marginalized areas within
large cities in developing countries, where the need for credit is strongly concentrated.
Credit in areas with very high density of population can be aimed at setting up services
for mitigating the critical issues deriving from overcrowded neighborhoods, pollution,
inadequate houses, inefficient access to drinking water and hygienic and other social services
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FEM Italia Onlus - C.so Matteotti, 23 - 25122
Brescia (Italy) - tel. +390303758865 fax +390303754297 CF 96074340223 -
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