Comments on: What to Do When the Mice Eat the Money, or, ‘Where Are the Non-subsidized Financial Services for Persons with Disabilities?’ http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/ Fri, 31 May 2013 01:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mary Dakim http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/#comment-1385 Mon, 23 May 2011 15:37:45 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2989#comment-1385 Thank you, Dr. Cooper:

This is such an inspirational comment, thank you for the review. I agree with you regarding the human relationship and interaction which should be viewed as an important step toward achieving both formal and actual inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in financial services. Again, you brought an important point on the need to strengthen the CRPD to ensure full inclusion of all categories of PWDs. If you have additional ideas regarding access to financial or general inclusion for PWDs, please share with us.

]]> By: Mary Dakim http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/#comment-1384 Mon, 23 May 2011 14:42:09 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2989#comment-1384 Thank you, Rachelle, for your review and comment on this post; The Center for Financial Inclusion aims to understand and address the challenges and opportunities of access to financial services by PWDs. If you have additional ideas regarding financial access for PWDs, please share.

]]> By: Audrey Cooper http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/#comment-1363 Wed, 11 May 2011 12:38:33 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2989#comment-1363 Dear Ms. Dakim,

Thank you for sharing both the obstacles and openings you faced in your efforts to gain financial inclusion. I appreciate the attention you draw to the gap between formal and actual “inclusion” of People With Disabilities into such things as financial services, pointing up the need for design and assessment protocols sensitive to such things as the qualitative dimension of participants’ interactions with banking (and other financial services) institutions. This is a keen insight into one of the ways that the UN-CRPD must be strengthened in implementation so that all people will have the opportunity to create sustainable livelihoods regardless of disability status (or perceived disability).

I am also particularly struck by the role of human relationships and interactions in your descriptions of financial advocacy. You demonstrate so poignantly the importance of every-day human connections in not only gaining access to financial services but in feeling a sense of ownership and belonging relative to that access. You show that that there is power in accompanying a friend to the bank. Thank you Ms. Dakim. I look forward to reading more of your work.

Best regards,
Audrey

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]]> By: Rachelle Settambrino http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/#comment-1309 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:36:47 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2989#comment-1309 Ms. Mary Dakim,
Wow, I really appreciate that you shared your story of your financial experience between your home country, Nigeria and United States. You gave me a better light of what those people with disabilities faced with financial hardship in different parts of other countries. Indeed, I agree with you whether the UNCRPD has the capability to improve financial inclusion for PWDs because there are many factors that prevent from PWDS to have the access to financial services in anywhere in the world. I am positive it will be a quite long progress to breakdown the barriers for PWDs.

Thanks for the story. Looking forward to learn more from you soon.

Yours,
Rachelle

]]> By: Mary Dakim http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/#comment-1291 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:21:22 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2989#comment-1291 Thank you, Leah, for your review and comment. The program on Financial Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities hopes to illuminate the realities faced by the excluded. What are your thoughts on what factors might prevent and/or support financial inclusion for PWDs? Any untold stories of which you are aware? Please share!

]]> By: Leah http://cfi-blog.org/2011/03/16/what-to-do-when-the-mice-eat-the-money-or-where-are-the-non-subsidized-financial-services-for-persons-with-disabilities/#comment-1277 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:45:39 +0000 http://centerforfinancialinclusionblog.wordpress.com/?p=2989#comment-1277 Dear Ms. Dakim,
Thank you for giving us readers a glimpse into the financial life of a woman with a disability in rural Nigeria. I appreciate the distinction you made between your own story and the many other untold stories of women across the globe. It’s important to keep in mind the factors that prevent and/or support people from accessing financial inclusion in different parts of the world. It seems you were lucky to have been accompanied on your own journey.
Thank you again for sharing. Hope to read more from you soon.
Sincerely,
Leah

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