Effects of Micro-credit Programs on Women Economic Empowerment: a Case of Kajiado North Sub-County (2005-2018)

Abstract

The empowerment of women is crucial as well as essential in economic development. In third world economies, women with little earnings remain victims of suppression as well as abuse in the society. On the other hand, their equals in advanced economies are targets of financial lending discrimination and hence it has been argued that lending to women may help enable them be economically stable Bennet and Goldberg (1993). Over the ages, women economic empowerment has been a crucial factor because women are seen to be the instruments for change and development in the society. Hence, the heighted interest in gender dimension of these microcredit institutions drives from the fact that empowering women may be of benefit to the society