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Four Ways to Design Agent Networks That Work for Women
Innovations around agent networks present an opportunity to significantly improve women’s experiences and help build their confidence and access to digital financial services.
By Mary Katica, IDEO.org
FinDev Blog
Child Labor: An Unintended Consequence of Women’s Entrepreneurship?
A new toolkit from Grameen Foundation's RICHES project aims to help women’s economic empowerment programs improve business safety and health for mothers and their children.
By Bobbi Gray, Grameen Foundation
FinDev Guide
Guide to Upcoming Events on Women's Financial Inclusion
For International Women's Day 2022, check out this list of events addressing the gender gap and women's economic empowerment.
FinDev Quiz
What Explains the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap?
Explore your knowledge on a range of issues that affect women's financial inclusion - from gendered social norms to women's property rights to gender lens investing. How much do you know?
FinDev Interview
Women in Haiti Become Community Health Entrepreneurs
In this FinDev interview, Carine Roenen of Fonkoze shares the story of their healthcare program, Boutik Santé, winner of the 2021 European Microfinance Award.
FinDev Blog
Using Data and Machine Learning to Close the Gender Gap in DR Congo
Differences in product awareness show that we need to look deeper at sub-segments among women if we want to achieve equality of financial access.
By Scott Graham, Anahit Tevosyan, FINCA International
FinDev Blog
Catalyzing Women's Bank Account Use Through COVID-19 Relief
Women's World Banking partnered with a major public sector bank in India to see what effect the government's COVID-19 payments had on women's account activity.
By Pragya Gupta, Marina Dimova, Women’s World Banking
FinDev Guide
FinDev Guide to Women’s Financial Inclusion and Economic Empowerment
In honor of International Women’s Day, we share a curated list of key resources from FinEquity, the women’s financial inclusion community of practice convened by CGAP.
FinDev Blog
Women As Changemakers Improve Access to Water and Sanitation
How does women’s participation in household investment decisions accelerate access to quality water and sanitation services?
By Gaurav Sinha, Rahul Ranjan Sinha, Grameen Foundation
FinDev Blog
Can Financial Service Providers Help Reduce Intimate Partner Violence?
A review of the literature finds that combining microfinance services with social empowerment interventions has been effective, and that measures to reduce the financial stress associated with taking on debt could also help.
By Bobbi Gray, Amelia Kuklewicz, Grameen Foundation