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Piercing The Veil: Using Microfinance Initiatives To Promote Female Entrepreneurship In Muslim Countries, Patrick F. Madden Jul 2009

Piercing The Veil: Using Microfinance Initiatives To Promote Female Entrepreneurship In Muslim Countries, Patrick F. Madden

Patrick F. Madden

This paper argues that microfinance initiatives are an attractive aid mechanism to promote gender equality in Muslim countries because such initiatives both alleviate poverty and provide women with economic empowerment without violating Muslim customary banking laws. By promoting female entrepreneurship, microfinance initiatives are, perhaps, the most effective means of achieving the Millennium Development goal of gender equality without upsetting the Islamic governments or the prospective borrowers.


Artfully Discriminating: How Hall V. Nalco Co. Applies Title Vii To Adverse Employment Actions Based On Assisted Reproduction Technologies, Patrick F. Madden Jan 2009

Artfully Discriminating: How Hall V. Nalco Co. Applies Title Vii To Adverse Employment Actions Based On Assisted Reproduction Technologies, Patrick F. Madden

Patrick F. Madden

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