Breaking Barriers: Harnessing Gender Lens Investments for Sustainable Impact and Inclusive Finance
Hosted by FinEquity and the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), this webinar provided a comprehensive understanding into the concept of Gender Lens Investing, exploring the expected outcomes and potential challenges for financial inclusion players engaged in this field.
Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment in Practice
Seven of FinEquity's WEE Co-Lab partners tested a draft WEE measurement questionnaire, based on a background paper published last year. This webinar shared experiences from the the Co-Lab participants, the final set of indicators as well as guidance on how to incorporate the indicators into your organization's measurement of WEE.
Global Neobank Fingular Among First to Expand into Bangladesh to Achieve Historic Breakthrough in Financial Inclusion, Eyes Digital Bank License
Fingular, a Singapore-based global neobank, is getting ready to rapidly launch an innovative digital lending business in Bangladesh through a strategic partnership with a local licensed Non-Banking Financial Institution, with a goal to accelerate financial inclusion.
WEE CoP Promising Interventions
This document provides an overview of four key interventions aimed at advancing women's economic empowerment in Kenya across various sectors.
Addressing Financial Abuse in Women’s Financial Inclusion
This webinar introduced the concept of economic abuse against women and girls, discussed a working definition, and provided insights from work by Grameen Foundation, Surviving Economic Abuse UK, and IFC in this sector.
Can Public Credit Schemes Improve Access to Finance for Small Businesses?
This paper studies how subsidized credit and partial credit guarantees shape access to finance for micro and small businesses in Indonesia.
Citizen Experiences With DPI: Kenya’s Digital ID Transition
This brief explores citizens’ perspectives on Kenya’s new digital ID system, highlighting the conditions required for effective digital public infrastructure (DPI) interventions while addressing broader concerns about ensuring systems are responsible and yield positive outcomes.
Al Tadamun Microfinance, CIB Sign Credit Facility Agreement Worth EGP 150M
Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation, a leader in financing micro-enterprises for women, announced that it had signed an agreement with the Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) to renew a credit facility agreement worth EGP 150m.