Empowering Women through Microfinance

This paper examines microfinance’s positive impact on the status of women globally. The paper addresses what it means for women to be “empowered” and answers why microfinancial institutions should care. A case study of the Sinapi Aba Trust in Ghana is cited. The paper concludes that although microfinance does not always empower women, as in certain cases delineated in the article, more often than not, it can positively aide their situation.