Microcrédito como fator de empoderamento feminino: história de vida de uma microempreendedora da cidade de Itabaiana/SE

Abstract

Several studies investigate the importance of microcredit as an instrument of female empowerment. In the case of this study, its general objective was to analyze whether microcredit contributes to female empowerment. To obtain the objective, a qualitative research was used, with a descriptive character, whose method used was the life story. Thus, an interview was conducted with a previously elaborated script with a microbusinesswoman from the cosmetics sector in the Itabaiana city. The analysis was carried out through the transcription and detailed reading of the interviewee's account of her life story and followed the thematic analysis procedure, with a theoretical framework on microcredit and female empowerment. The main analyzes show that microcredit is an important tool for improving the life of female entrepreneurs. Through the interviewee's speech, it was noticed that microcredit helped women's emancipation not only from an economic point of view, but that it also contributed for women to make important personal decisions, causing a profound change in their lives. Finally, this work concludes that microcredit contributes positively to female empowerment and, consequently, to gender equity.