Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh with the objective of helping poor people escape from poverty by providing loans without collateral to support income-generating activities. From Prof. Yunus's personal loan of small amounts of money in the mid-70's to destitute basket-weavers in Bangladesh, the Grameen Bank has advanced to the forefront of a burgeoning world movement toward eradicating poverty through micro-lending. Today it has 8.4 million borrowers of … [Read more...]
Women at the center of Economic Activity
October 1, 2014 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, RECOVERY, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION Tagged With: 1995 Beijing Women's Conference, A Celebration of Women, acelebrationofwomen.org, asia, Bangladesh, education, financial independence, girls, Micro-finance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Yunus, Seoul Peace Prize, South Asia, Sydney Peace Prize, UN Women, women's empowerment, women., World Food Prize
