Missed Opportunities for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Through Microcredit: Qualitative Findings From Bangladesh

Amber B. Robinson; Rob Stephenson; Katherine G. Merrill; Sophie Morse; Pamela J. Surkan

doi:10.1177/1077801220963906

Missed Opportunities for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Through Microcredit: Qualitative Findings From Bangladesh

Amber B. Robinson, Rob Stephenson, Katherine G. Merrill, Sophie Morse, Pamela J. Surkan

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Microcredit has shown mixed results when used to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV). This study explored microcredit and IPV in Bangladesh by conducting 12 focus groups with married men and women. Participants described challenges to microcredit participation highlighting “missed opportunities” for reducing IPV, including needs to (a) prevent violence sparked by loan disputes, (b) incorporate skill development to improve women’s agency as a means of reducing IPV, and (c) mindfully engage men in the loan process to help address men’s unequal gender ideologies. These modifications to microcredit programs are proposed to maximize positive change on gender and IPV.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Violence Against Women
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220963906
State	Accepted/In press - 2020

Keywords

Bangladesh
intimate partner violence
microcredit

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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