TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining microcredit self-help groups through the lens of feminist dignity
AU - Dulhunty, Annabel
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Despite decades of controversy, microcredit initiatives continue to be championed by government aid agencies as a 'win-win' for both international development and women's empowerment, bolstered by ideas of 'smart economics.' Most scholarship critiques these programs from a Marxist or poststructuralist perspective. This article instead investigates microcredit programming through the lens of feminist dignity and demonstrates the use of a framework founded on this idea. By using this framework to interrogate evidence from in-depth qualitative field research in West Bengal, India, this article argues that a focus on feminist dignity can improve women's agency and wellbeing.
AB - Despite decades of controversy, microcredit initiatives continue to be championed by government aid agencies as a 'win-win' for both international development and women's empowerment, bolstered by ideas of 'smart economics.' Most scholarship critiques these programs from a Marxist or poststructuralist perspective. This article instead investigates microcredit programming through the lens of feminist dignity and demonstrates the use of a framework founded on this idea. By using this framework to interrogate evidence from in-depth qualitative field research in West Bengal, India, this article argues that a focus on feminist dignity can improve women's agency and wellbeing.
U2 - 10.1080/13600818.2022.2038118
DO - 10.1080/13600818.2022.2038118
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-0818
VL - 50
SP - 307
EP - 320
JO - Oxford Development Studies
JF - Oxford Development Studies
IS - 4
ER -