--- product_id: 389284102 title: "Founding a Movement: Women's World Banking, 1975-1990" price: "₨944" currency: SCR in_stock: true reviews_count: 2 url: https://www.desertcart.sc/products/389284102-founding-a-movement-womens-world-banking-1975-1990 store_origin: SC region: Seychelles --- # 1975-1990 pioneering era global microfinance network 80+ exclusive interviews Founding a Movement: Women's World Banking, 1975-1990 **Price:** ₨944 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌟 Empowerment in Print: Where Visionaries Built a Financial Revolution ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Founding a Movement: Women's World Banking, 1975-1990 - **How much does it cost?** ₨944 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/389284102-founding-a-movement-womens-world-banking-1975-1990) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Authentic Voices & Stories:** Over 80 firsthand interviews bring the perseverance and passion of founders to life. - • **Global Impact, Ground-Up Growth:** From Kenya to Colombia, witness a grassroots movement that redefined economic empowerment. - • **Trailblazing Women's Microfinance:** Discover how visionary women shattered financial barriers before the digital age. - • **Inspiring Legacy for Future Leaders:** Essential reading for any professional committed to gender equity and economic inclusion. - • **A Blueprint for Modern Social Change:** Learn the original model of trust and collaboration fueling today's women-led enterprises. ## Overview Founding a Movement: Women's World Banking, 1975-1990 is a compelling used book chronicling the creation of the first global women's microfinance network. Based on over 80 interviews, it reveals how a determined group of women overcame systemic barriers to empower female entrepreneurs worldwide, laying the foundation for economic inclusion long before the internet era. ## Description Founding a Movement captures the impossible dream realized by a visionary group of women who met in Mexico City at the first United Nations World Conference on Women in 1975, and then, together, created the first global women's microfinance network. Drawing on more than 80 interviews, Michaela Walsh recounts her extraordinary path as the founding president of Women's World Banking and brings alive the perseverance, confidence, and shared risk-taking that propelled the movement forward. This book illuminates the birth of a culture of trust—from Kenya to Colombia to the Philippines—where women entrepreneurs could learn from and teach each other to gain control over their economic destinies. In Walsh's words, Founding a Movement "shines a light on the value that women contribute through work, and when they support one another, to become full participants in the economy through access to financial institutions and services, and everything that goes with that access." Review: No way this could happen -- but they did it - When women could not get credit anywhere on their own, a small but determined band of women said "This has to change." In a world so diferent from today - think few telephones, much less no internet or cell phone -- women just did it. And they taught each other. Astounding. See how global development could be done well and from the ground up. Review: Wonderful - A wonderful book by and about a great woman who was on the front lines of the womans movement. All young woman should read this book. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,440,403 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,876 in Banks & Banking (Books) #4,912 in Women & Business (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 Reviews | ## Images ![Founding a Movement: Women's World Banking, 1975-1990 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/716fu2vAREL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No way this could happen -- but they did it *by G***3 on September 6, 2012* When women could not get credit anywhere on their own, a small but determined band of women said "This has to change." In a world so diferent from today - think few telephones, much less no internet or cell phone -- women just did it. And they taught each other. Astounding. See how global development could be done well and from the ground up. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful *by B***F on December 29, 2012* A wonderful book by and about a great woman who was on the front lines of the womans movement. 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