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Ducados, Henda

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Personal name headingDucados, Henda
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Birth date1964-07-14
Place of birthRabat (Morocco)
AffiliationLoyola University Chicago University of Sussex London School of Economics and Political Science
Social Action Fund Rede Mulher (Angola) Total (company)
Profession or occupationEconomists
Found inWomen in Angola, 2000: t.p. (Henda Ducados)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 12 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ducados, Henda, born Henda Ducados Pinto de Andrade; Angolan women's rights advocate and development expert; born 14 July 1964 in Rabat, Morocco; enrolled at Loyola University in Chicago, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics (1992); her interest in microfinancing began during her final year at Loyola University in Chicago, when she heard about the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh; pursued further study in business and development, particularly microfinancing, earning a master's degree at the Institute for Development Studies at Sussex University (1998), and an MPhil at the London School of Economics (2001); in Angola created a platform where women could share their experiences with microfinancing schemes - Rede Mulher (Women's Network) (1998) was invited to become the deputy executive director of the Social Action Fund, funded by the World Bank; became director of external relations for the oil company Total, based in Angola (2008))