THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN THE INCREASING OF ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION OF IRAQI WOMEN FOR THE PERIOD (2011-2021)
Abstract
This research dealt with the basics of financial inclusion in terms of concept, importance and objectives, as well as the financial empowerment of women, indicating the relationship between financial inclusion and women, and the descriptive and analytical method of data was relied upon as a methodology for research, which includes reviewing and analyzing information and data in the financial and banking literature, and reviewing responsive local trends The research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that Iraqi women, until the present time, still suffer from low sources of financing and the financial climate necessary to start establishing their economic projects. It is a major justification for the weak balanced economic participation and thus faltering in achieving the goals of sustainable development. The research also reached a set of recommendations, the most important of which is securing the basic source of funding for Iraqi women and the appropriate economic environment for them by controlling partial national plans and programs for the targeted financial inclusion policy for marginalized women and supporting them to establish it. Economic projects would provide opportunities to increase local production, in a balanced, consistent and supportive manner for the sustainable development goals in Iraq.
Keyword : financial inclusion, empowering women financially and economically.
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