Micro-loans for victims

[NewsWhore]

The Micro, Small and Medium Sized Businesses Promotion Program (PROPYMES) and the National District Prosecutors Office have signed a cooperation agreement through which an RD$50 million fund will be created. That fund will provide loans, at favorable rates, to women who have been victims of domestic violence. The agreement comes on the eve of the International Women's Day celebrations. Listin Diario writes that the funds will be used to help women who have been victims of sexual and domestic abuse and who are undergoing psychological care. The women will receive micro-loans for starting businesses and hopefully helping them get away from their abusers.

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