Briefings

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Credit induced poverty eradication and gender empowerment

Liberal development theoreticians argue that Microfinance programs in Bangladesh present a comprehensive assault on the core reasons of poverty by empowering the most marginalized section of Bengali society; rural, poor women. But from what lens are they viewing this empowerment and is it working?

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Half Widows in Kashmir

IHRC is deeply concerned with the APDP (Association of Parents of Disappeared Person) latest report examining the situation of women labelled ‘half widows’ in Indian occupied and administered Kashmir.