Microfinance and Violence Against Women in Rural Guatemala

Isabel Cepeda, Maricruz Lacalle-Calderón, Miguel Torralba · 2017 · Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Summary. A study of 883 rural Guatemalan women found that access to microfinance services reduces violence against women, particularly economic and emotional psychological violence. Women with microfinance access experienced significantly less overall violence than those without. However, microfinance showed no effect on coercive control, likely due to entrenched social and cultural norms. The findings contradict Status Inconsistency Theory by demonstrating that women's increased economic independence through microfinance reduces rather than increases violence.

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@article{cepeda-2017-microfinance-violence-against-women-rural,
  title   = {Microfinance and Violence Against Women in Rural Guatemala},
  author  = {Isabel Cepeda and Maricruz Lacalle-Calderón and Miguel Torralba},
  journal = {Journal of Interpersonal Violence},
  year    = {2017},
  doi     = {10.1177/0886260517738780},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517738780}
}

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DOI

10.1177/0886260517738780

Countries

Guatemala

Regions

Central America

Categories

funding, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28