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This essay critically explores the dual impact of microcredit on women, analyzing it as both an opportunity for empowerment and a source of significant challenges. Focusing on ideological, economic, and institutional perspectives, it examines microcredit’s goal of financial autonomy for women against the backdrop of patriarchal and cultural pressures that often undermine its success. The analysis highlights economic limitations like market saturation and inadequate skill diversification, and i...