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Microcredit and Third World Women: Panacea for Poverty or Delusional Development?
Start Date: 4/3/2019Start Time: 12:30 PM
End Date: 4/3/2019End Time: 1:50 PM

Event Description

Uma Narayan, PhD, professor of philosophy on the Andrew W. Mellon Chair at Vassar College

Feminists have been among those enthusiastic about microcredit as a way to help poor women out of poverty by lending them money to start small businesses. This presentation critically examines the ways in which microcredit actually appears to work, offering a corrective picture.

Sponsored by: Drexel’s Women’s and Gender Studies program, and the Greater Philadelphia Women’s Studies Consortium (GPWSC)

Co-sponsored by: The College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Global Studies & Modern Languages, and the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program.

Contact Information:
Name: Jacqueline Rios
Phone: 215-895-6910
Email: jsr62@drexel.edu
Photo of women receiving microcredit information
Location:
Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (PISB), room 112
3245 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Audience:
  • Everyone
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