The impact of the Sudanese Women's General Union savings and micro-finance/credit projects on poverty : alleviation at the household level with special emphasis on women's vulnerability and empowerment
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Authors
Abdalla, Nagwa Babiker
Issue Date
2009-03
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
SWGU , Women empowerment , Health care system , Health education , Poverty alleviation , Social welfare , Socio-economic growth , Women development
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to assess the nature of women’s empowerment promoted by the
Sudanese Women General Union (SWGU) in Sudan as a strategy for simultaneously addressing
both poverty alleviation and women's empowerment using microcredit as a tool in the fight
against poverty and women's empowerment at the household level during the period 1999-2005.
The SWGU directed its development efforts towards promoting the women's cause officially and
unofficially through the whole spectrum of governmental institutions and non-governmental
organizations. Therefore, the government support these initiatives of women development
processes and assisted in establishing the SWGU in 1990 as a strategic planning and coordination
mechanism for poverty alleviation through the lead of the Ministry of Welfare and Social
Development and with the cooperation from other ministries, government and non-government
organisations at national, state and grassroots levels.
The problem of the research reveals that majority of women in Sudan live with low or no income;
economically they are dependent on their husbands' income; burdened with their household
activities and responsibilities to feed; educate and take care of many children, encounter a core
problem which is lack of access to credit and financial services to economically, socially and
politically empower themselves and improve their status.
The study reviewed the relevant literature, the context of women's poverty in Sudan, Sudan
poverty strategies and policies, SWGU's role in strategic planning, coordination and
implementation of the microcredit programmes. The achievements of the study on the socioeconomic
empowerment of women at the household levels, the constraints and the
recommendations were summarised.
The researcher carried out this study during the period 2005-2009, to add to the body of the
empirical literature of women studies in particular to the SWGU's microcredit projects best
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practices and lessons learned. In addition the study could help in conducting further womenstudies in Sudan and other developing counties.
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Citation
Abdalla, Nagwa Babiker (2009) The impact of the Sudanese Women's General Union savings and micro-finance/credit projects on poverty : alleviation at the household level with special emphasis on women's vulnerability and empowerment, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2595>