Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance
Thesis (MDF)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. === In many developing countries, culture and tradition have contributed to the disempowerment of women. In these countries, a women's time is divided between the reproductive role of creating a family, the productive role of feeding the family,...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-sun-oai-scholar.sun.ac.za-10019.1-85242016-01-29T04:04:04Z Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance Bagula, Ndamuso Yvette Thomas, Wolfgang H. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. Women refugees -- South Africa -- Western Cape Women refugees -- Economic conditions -- South Africa -- Western Cape Women refugees -- Social conditions -- South Africa -- Western Cape Women refugees -- Financial assistance -- South Africa -- Western Cape Microfinance -- South Africa -- Western Cape Dissertations -- Development finance Theses -- Development finance Dissertations -- Business management Theses -- Business management Thesis (MDF)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. In many developing countries, culture and tradition have contributed to the disempowerment of women. In these countries, a women's time is divided between the reproductive role of creating a family, the productive role of feeding the family, and balancing all the demands. This has resulted in 1) higher unemployment rate for women than men in virtually every developing country as reported by the World Bank gender statistics database, and 2) women having low self-confidence and self-esteem. Furthermore, when living outside their country with little or almost nothing, refugee women live in camps, temporary shelters, collective centres or rent a house in a host country where they compete with the local populations for property as well as natural and social resources, while being excluded from some of the basic rights through restrictive regulations imposed by the host country. Building upon the widely known facts that women more likely reinvest their earnings in a business and their families and spend more of their extra income on things that help develop human capital, better sanitation, better nutrition and also better health care and education, this study addresses the application of microfinance with the objective of empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape in South Africa. The theoretical contributions of this study are twofold. Firstly, an analysis of the situation of the Congolese refugee women is presented in terms of their predicaments and opportunities in SA, using a survey. Secondly, building upon the conclusions of this survey, a support and empowerment microfinance approach adapted to the Congolese refugee women community is derived. As practical contribution, this study proposes the development of a business model that will cater for Congolese women refugees and its implementation through the creation of a non-governmental organisation in the Western Cape. 2011-04-15T06:04:40Z 2011-04-15T06:04:40Z 2011-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8524 en_ZA University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
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Thesis (MDF)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. === In many developing countries, culture and tradition have contributed to the
disempowerment of women. In these countries, a women's time is divided between the
reproductive role of creating a family, the productive role of feeding the family, and
balancing all the demands. This has resulted in 1) higher unemployment rate for women
than men in virtually every developing country as reported by the World Bank gender
statistics database, and 2) women having low self-confidence and self-esteem.
Furthermore, when living outside their country with little or almost nothing, refugee women
live in camps, temporary shelters, collective centres or rent a house in a host country
where they compete with the local populations for property as well as natural and social
resources, while being excluded from some of the basic rights through restrictive
regulations imposed by the host country.
Building upon the widely known facts that women more likely reinvest their earnings in a
business and their families and spend more of their extra income on things that help
develop human capital, better sanitation, better nutrition and also better health care and
education, this study addresses the application of microfinance with the objective of
empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape in South Africa.
The theoretical contributions of this study are twofold. Firstly, an analysis of the situation
of the Congolese refugee women is presented in terms of their predicaments and
opportunities in SA, using a survey. Secondly, building upon the conclusions of this
survey, a support and empowerment microfinance approach adapted to the Congolese
refugee women community is derived. As practical contribution, this study proposes the
development of a business model that will cater for Congolese women refugees and its
implementation through the creation of a non-governmental organisation in the Western
Cape. |
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Thomas, Wolfgang H. Bagula, Ndamuso Yvette |
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Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance |
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Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance |
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Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance |
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Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance |
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Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance |
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empowering congolese refugee women in the western cape through microfinance |
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Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
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2011 |
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