Institutional Environment and Access to Microfinance by Self-employed Women in the Rural Areas of Edo State, Nigeria
Gender, Performance and Governance in Microfinance Institutions
Why Do Practitioners Value FinEquity?
In honor of International Women’s Day, FinDev Gateway features FinEquity (formerly known as the Women’s Financial Inclusion Community of Practice), a special corner of FinDev where practitioners working to increase women’s financial inclusion can share ideas, resources and lessons learned. Uloma Ogba of UNCDF tells us what she values about this community of practice.
How To Transform Gendered Norms
We can’t achieve women’s financial inclusion without considering harmful social norms and trying to change them.
Social Norms Are Difficult To Change, Can Entertainment Help?
Zari is a six-year-old girl who goes to school, skateboards and learns about making healthy choices – and is the most recognized children’s television character in Afghanistan. She is featured on Sesame Garden, the nation’s version of Sesame Street. She is also changing minds around the acceptability of girls’ education in a country with some of the lowest rates of girls’ primary school attendance in the world.