The Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) is a public health and development programme that is designed to reach disadvantaged women and their households. It combines the introduction of a poverty-targeted micro-finance programme with a participatory learning and action curriculum called Sisters for Life. The combined intervention aims to be mutually reinforcing, seeking to strengthen individual client agency and to improve household well-being, communication and power relations. IMAGE is made available to communities in Limpopo province of South Africa, and women from the economically poorest households are identified and then encouraged to join the programme. IMAGE is jointly administered by the Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) and the Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme (RADAR).
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