Contribution of microfinance in women empowerment. A case study of pro-femme/twese hamwe through Duterimbere microfinance institution

I. Regarding Survey

1. Full Name of respondent:

2. Gender : ( Tick the appropriate)

(1) Male

(2) Female

1. Full Name of respondent

2. Gender : ( Tick the appropriate)

(1) Male (2) Female

3. Which of the following ranges includes your ages? ( Tick the appropriate)

(1) Below 18 (2) 18 to 25 (3) 25to 45 (4) Above 45

4. II

Highest level of education you have completed ( Tick the appropriate)

(1) Primary school (2) Secondary (3) High education (4) Others

5. Marital status ( Tick the appropriate)

(1)Single (2) Married, (3) Widow

6. What is your employment status? ( Tick the appropriate)

(1)Self-employed (2) Employed (3) Unemployed (4) Student (5) Others II. Questions (Tick the appropriate quadrant)

No	Statements	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly agree
1	Women use savings and credit in economic activity for their empowerment	1	2	3	4	5
2	Women who benefit credit from Duterimbere IMF are confined in range of female low-income activities	1	2	3	4	5
3	Women economically-developed change gender role and status within household and community	1	2	3	4	5
4	Microcredit given by Duterimbere IMF is limited according to the beneficiary	1	2	3	4	5
5	Microcredit provided by Duterimbere IMF is enough to women empowering	1	2	3	4	5

III

6	Women appreciate the short-term loan from Duterimbere IMF for their empowerment purpose	1	2	3	4	5
7	Women may be economically self- sufficiency due to microcredit without the men support	1	2	3	4	5
8	Socio-demographics variables such as education level, age, marital and professional status lead to success of microcredit in women empowerment	1	2	3	4	5
9	Business held by women are competitive with others	1	2	3	4	5
10	Microcredit offered to women improves the family standing	1	2	3	4	5
11	Women empowerment involves the family and community development	1	2	3	4	5
12	Family economy may be based on the women empowerment due to savings and credit through microfinance	1	2	3	4	5

Adeline Mukayiranga

LPU/Faculty of Economics and Commerce /Department of Finance (Punjab- India) Cell phone: [phone]/ Email: [e-mail]

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Briefly describe your services

2. Who are your customers? Among them, many of those are women?

3. In percentage wise, how many women applied for microcredit loans in the year2011?

4. What would you think are the challenges facing microfinance in dealing with women Clients?

5. How does the participation of women in microfinance helps to improve their quality of life?

6. What are the criteria used to enable women qualified for microfinance loans?

7. Does participation of women in microfinance reduce their economic vulnerability? If yes how?

8. In which way has microfinance led to economic empowerment of women?

9. After using the loan acquired from Duterimbere MFI, have you income increased?

10. After acquiring the loan from Duterimbere MFI and carrying out your personal activities, have your management skills increased?

11. What are the problems in improvement for women empowerment in Rwanda? Thank you so much for your participation

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Adeline Mukayiranga