An updated take on "What We're Reading". The FinEquity team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives and articles to videos and social posts. 

Amon Ariyo Tusingwire, Country Director for WomenSave Uganda, sat down with us to share his work on inclusive financing in rural areas and lessons learned from providing savings products and services to women in marginalized communities in Uganda.

Women represent nearly half of the global agricultural labor force. And yet, their access to finance and business development opportunities needed to succeed in the sector is far below that of their male counterparts. In this joint blog, MEDA and Root Capital share insights from their work to highlight the business case for investing in women in agriculture.

Development economist and FinEquity member, Tara Bedi, sat down with us to share her motivation in designing large-scale project evaluations for programs that have the potential to significantly transform the lives of poor rural women in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mauritania, and Nigeria.

An updated take on "What We're Reading", the FinEquity team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives, and articles to videos and social posts.

In the fourth installment in our Leadership Insights series, FinEquity TAC member Christian Penotti discusses findings from CARE conversations with women across varying geographies on their relationship with technology and how it can be used to better support them and their financial inclusion. 

While it may seem that economic violence could be outside the purview of financial service providers, it is important for the financial inclusion sector to understand and acknowledge this issue.

Sitara Merchant, CEO of the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF), sat down with us to discuss SCBF’s journey into the financial products space, the new SCBF strategy, and their emerging focus on impact-linked finance.

The FinEquity Africa team sat down with Gerhard Coetzee, Lead Customer Value Team at CGAP, to discuss his superpower, the customer-centric approach to women's financial inclusion, and his top priorities for FinEquity's new regional community of practice.

An updated take on "What We're Reading", the FinEquity Africa team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives, and articles to videos and social posts.