This is a second post reflecting on a project I did last summer, with European, Kyrgyz, Tadjik and Uzbek colleagues. Our team studied demands for financial services in Central Asia focusing on women. I conducted interviews, listened to focus groups discussions and described different groups of women-in-business. In this post, I collect impressions and quotes that will not make part of an official report. The goal is to save the impressions, images and ideas. Inspired by Mathilde ter Heijne and her art project Woman To Go.
What women want
Last summer I participated in a research aimed at identifying financial needs of women entrepreneurs in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In this post, I share some findings that may be of interest to practitioners delivering banking services to entrepreneurs, and colleagues interested in gender issues.
“Femininity. Masculinity. Equality”, a short course 15+
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Where Does Equality Start?
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Tango Conversations
1. You do not have to do anything yourself. The man gives energy. You take it and you follow. He gives just a bit of energy- you take a little...
Conversations with my friend on the male and the female
1 "A woman can only become a friend to a man when she is fully equal to him in rights, when she is equal to him in education and work."...
Rhythm on canvas and on printed cotton fabric
Moroccan and Moscow experiences Rafika Azzaoui, Moroccan artist, covers women not only by what looks like traditional clothing but also hides them under colored dots of paints on the canvas. ...
