La feminización de la pobreza en África: el papel de los microcréditos como herramienta para el desarrollo económico y el empoderamiento de las mujeres

Abstract

This paper aims to address a global problem which has in Africa one of his most overt expressions: the feminization of poverty. Women are the poorest among the poor, excluded from both economic and political resources. In recent decades, microcredit has become a key tool in the fight against poverty, encouraging the creation of small businesses by people without access to traditional financial resources. The fact that most of these products are awarded to women, encourages us to study the importance of this phenomenon in the lives of African women.