This book analyses what microfinance money means to women; and in doing so, it focuses on the perspectives of … individual women and of women-only groups. It explores women's own money management strategies, group dynamics and learning …, and those of women who are members of self-help groups …

"Women are the world's most powerful consumers, yet they are largely marketed to erroneously through misconceptions and … patriarchal views that distort the reality of women's lives, bodies and work. This book examines the contradictions and mismatches … between women's everyday experiences and market representations. It considers how women themselves exhibit paradoxical …