Rural women’s quest for economic security through microfinance: An Integrated Feminist Political Economy and Feminist Security Studies Analysis of the State, Gendered Violence and Economic Security in Sri Lanka

This thesis explores the impact of post-war economic development tools such as microfinance on women's economic security using an integrated Feminist Political Economy and Feminist Security Studies Perspective. It highlights the importance of the state and its structures in reproducing gendered violence (both direct and structural) and how conceptualisations of economic security needs to be more fluid to highlight everyday financial needs of women borrowers.