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DESCRIPTION:A guest lecture by Professor Caroline Hossein.\n\nAbstract:  Af
 ricana feminist cooperators engage in solidarity economies through a speci
 fic form of mutual aid – formally referred to as Rotating Savings and Cred
 it Associations (ROSCAs)–to meet their livelihood needs. These women call 
 themselves the Banker Ladies\, and the ROSCAs they run are rooted in equit
 y\, mutual aid and self-help. Members decide on the rules and processes of
  how to make regular contributions to a fund that is given in whole or in 
 part to each member in turn. Canada has a rich history of cooperativism\, 
 yet\, ROSCAs are ignored\, stigmatized and ROSCAs are not valued as they a
 re in the Caribbean. This lecture draws on empirical work that involves in
 terviews with hundreds of Black women in five Caribbean countries\, in Can
 ada’s big cities of Toronto and Montreal\, as well as in Ghana and Ethiopi
 a of her recently published book\, The Banker Ladies. This research is cal
 ling on policy-makers to fund a ROSCA federation and for all co-operators 
 to correct the citational blindness of Black women co-operators. By valuin
 g informal institutions\, as well as acknowledging and remunerating the wo
 rk of the Banker Ladies is a move towards inclusive financial systems\, an
 d by extension it can revolutionize the field of international development
 .\n
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LOCATION:Room 160\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Revolutionizing Global Development: Learning from Black Women Coope
 rators across the Americas.
URL:/isid/channels/event/revolutionizing-global-develo
 pment-learning-black-women-cooperators-across-americas-357669
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