Understanding How the Psychosocial Elements of Women's Groups Contribute to Building Resilience
Despite the mainstream inclusion of resilience in the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors, there is still much we do not understand about the linkages between psychosocial factors, like social capital, and women’s empowerment, and resilience.
FinEquity's April 2021 Newsletter
This month we bring you the “Social Norms Diagnostic Co-Lab” recently launched by CGAP and FinEquity, a guest blog on women’s groups and resilience, the upcoming webinar “Empowering Women on a Journey Towards Digital Financial Capability” by Women’s World Banking with FinEquity as a contributing partner, and much more.
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Savings
Muktinath Bikas Bank offers eight different savings products, specially designed for rural and low-income people in Nepal. The 2020 European Microfinance Award winner shares their experience with savings from before and during the pandemic.
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.
FinDev COVID-19 Update | 25 Mar - 07 Apr 2021
A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past two weeks
A Collaborative Effort to Diagnose the Effect of Social Norms on Women's Financial Inclusion
In March 2021, CGAP and FinEquity launched a peer-learning program called “Social Norms Diagnostic Co-Lab” to understand how social norms affect women’s financial inclusion in specific contexts as well as to identify opportunities to design gender-transformative solutions that advance women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment.
FinEquity Annual Survey 2021
Dear FinEquity members, we are launching our annual survey. We would love to receive your feedback to design strategies and resources that serve your needs. Your participation is important to us, please help us by answering this 4-minute survey.
Seeking Concrete Actions to Empower Women Financially Through the Generation Equality Forum
The Generation Equality Forum (GEF), a civil society-centered, multi-stakeholder, and global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with civil society and youth, is seeking to address some of those inequality issues.
One Year On: What a Year of Surveys Tell Us About COVID-19 and Microfinance
2020 was a historic year that demonstrated the resilience of the microfinance sector. Maxime Borgogno of Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation shares why most MFIs they surveyed remain optimistic about the future.
Going Digital Is Not Enough to Reach Scale
More radical organizational change - in the form of self-management - is needed to solve microfinance’s optimization problem.