L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas

The lives of many Damascene women are imbedded in a network of social relations which are established and maintained through regular visits, the most formal of whixh are women’s reception day. In recent times, these networks often include the participation in a savings association which helps the wo...

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Main Author: Friederike Stolleis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2006-12-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/3015
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description The lives of many Damascene women are imbedded in a network of social relations which are established and maintained through regular visits, the most formal of whixh are women’s reception day. In recent times, these networks often include the participation in a savings association which helps the women to cope with the economic challenges of daily life. The article describes how women have modified their ways of socialising over time and adapted it to a changing environment. It explains how the savings association function as an informal credit system as well as being a framework for socialising. The personal relations thus established between its members form a network which acts is used an insurance against the difficulties and uncertainties of life in a system in which very often basic social services are insufficient.
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L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
title L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas
title_full L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas
title_fullStr L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas
title_full_unstemmed L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas
title_short L’emprunt au féminin : réseaux de femmes et associations d’épargne à Damas
title_sort l emprunt au feminin reseaux de femmes et associations d epargne a damas
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