An interesting issue was raised this week when I mentioned to a friend that more than two thirds of microfinance clients around the world are women. My friend posed the question: how are men reacting to this?
As a Kiva Fellow and a Kiva Lender, one of the things I value most about microfinance is it’s ability to raise the status of women.
A Kiva borrower, working side by side with her husband in her grocery shop in Nepal
At ‘BPW Patan’, the Kiva partner in Nepal where I am currently based, 100% of...
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