In October 2013 the Bureau organized a regional expert meeting on “Improving access to finance for the empowerment of rural women in North Africa” and prepared this publication on the access of rural women to finance, based on case studies covering Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
This paper aims at identifying the difficulties and discriminations that women face regarding their access to and control of funding resources, at highlighting best practice and analyzing the prospects for a better adjustment of strategies to enhance rural women’s access to finance, in order to promote their rights and role as development players.