Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
1983
Abstract
This issue of SEEDs tells the story of how the Working Women's Forum came into being in Madras, India and how it has brought together more than 13,000 poor, urban women around the issue of credit. It also describes how the Forum has not only provided its members with access to funds, but has expanded to include support services such as child care, education, health, and family planning and how the sense of strength and purpose that has grown up among the members is helping them to tackle the political and social problems that affect their lives.
DOI
10.31899/pgy4.1043
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chen, Marty. 1983. "The Working Women's Forum: Organizing for credit and change," SEEDS no. 6. New York: Population Council.
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, International Public Health Commons, Regional Economics Commons
Comments
Issue no. 6 of SEEDS, a pamphlet series developed to provide information about innovative and practical program ideas to address the economic roles and needs of low-income women.