During the last decade, microcredits for women became very popular in the field of poverty alleviation. Women are known as "good borrowers" because of high repayment rates. Furthermore, by using the credit in the interest of the familiy they serve the objective of poverty alleviation more...

Sudanese families are complex entities with porous borders. They are not only challenged by modernisation and Islamisation processes, but at the same time take the centre stage in the Sudanese discourse on different concepts of ‘modernity’. Within the families, Western and Islamic...