Understanding the impact of a microfinance-based intervention on women's empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South Africa.

By Julia C. Kim, C. Watts, J. Hargreaves, L. Ndhlovu, G. Phetla, L. Morison, J. Busza, J. Porter, P. Pronyk. American Journal of Public Health, 2007

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health

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2. Martina Vojtkova
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4. Thomas de Hoop
5. C. Brody
6. C. Watts
7. S. Dworkin
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Citations in the corpus

• Measuring Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Researchers (2017, background): “(Kim et al. 2007; Mosedale 2005), and the ability to carry out those decisions (Kabeer 1999).”
• How does economic empowerment affect women's risk of intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of published evidence (2009, background): “For example, some participants in the South African IMAGE intervention reported no conflict with their partner, as he was grateful for the additional household income and that there were reduced economic stresses; some chose to give their partners some of their income for alcohol or cigarettes, to r”
• Economic Self-Help group Programs for Improving Women's Empowerment: A Systematic Review (2015, background): “…2011 This is not an evaluation of a self-help group program Jerinabi, 2008 This study does not report direct quotations from participants Kim, 2007 This is not an evaluation of a self-help group program Kuttab, 2010 This is not an evaluation of a self-help group program Lokhande 2008…”
• A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2018, background): “For example, some participants in the South African IMAGE intervention reported that the increased selfconfidence, social support, and communication skills gained from being part of a combined micro-finance and gender training initiative resulted in improved partner communication, preventing any con”
• Comparing Virtue, Consequentialist, and Deontological Ethics-Based Corporate Social Responsibility: Mitigating Microfinance Risk in Institutional Voids (2013, positive): “MFIs can also increase access to health and educational services and encourage the promotion of women’s empowerment (Cheston and Kuhn 2002; Kim et al. 2007).”