"We have learned that when women gain sustainable livelihoods the health, nutrition, and education of other members of the household, especially children, improve at the same time. Several studies suggest that income is much more likely to be spent on human development when women control the cash. In Brazil, both women's income and men's improve the nutritional status of families, but women's income has an effect about seven times that of men."

Remarks of Noeleen Heyzer, Director of United Nations Development Fund for Women at the Plenary Session of the Microcredit Summit Washington, D.C., February 3, 1997

Women and Entrepreneurship in South Africa

Report of a Meeting on Women and the Economy Convened by the Donor Network on Women, 10/5/98

Women and Microfinance
Getting the Money You Need to Start or Improve your Enterprise

Characteristics of Financial Services that Meet Women's Needs

The Khula Start Programme
Also available is the KhulaStart Programme Conceptual Document: "Micro-Credit: An Alternate Delivery and Management System for the Rural Poor". Email Khula to get a copy.

Email Khula for Contact Details for KhulaStart Pilot Projects

Mentorship Programme for the Khula Credit Guarantee Scheme

Women's Development Banking

Organisations Supporting Women in Microenterprise

Self Employed Women's Union, KwaZulu Natal

Gauteng Self Employed Women's Association

Women's Enterprise Initiative Programme, Ntsika Targeted Assistance Unit The Business Referral and Information Network (BRAIN)

 

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