VEON’s Mobilink Bank Becomes First Microfinance Bank Globally to Join the GSMA Connected Women Commitment Initiative
The global digital operator VEON last week announces that Mobilink Microfinance Bank Ltd. in Pakistan has signed up to the GSMA’s Connected Women Commitment Initiative set up to accelerate digital and financial inclusion for women.
Svasti Microfinance Raises $5M From IIX's Women's Livelihood Bond 5, the World's First Orange Bond Issuance
Mumbai-based Svasti Microfinance has received $5 million through Non-Convertible Debentures from Singapore-based Impact Investment Exchange's Women's Livelihood Bond 5, the proceeds of which will go toward empowering women through income-generating activities.
The Gendered Impacts of Index-Insurance on Food-Consumption: Evidence From Southern Ethiopia
This paper evaluates the gendered impact of an index-based livestock insurance product on food consumption among pastoral households in southern Ethiopia.
Emerging Trends in National Financial Inclusion Strategies That Support Women’s Entrepreneurship
This World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law - CGAP Brief presents data collected by the WBL project on how National Financial Inclusion Strategies can spur policy and regulatory reforms in support of women’s entrepreneurship.
Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) Measurement In Financial Inclusion
The Center for Global Development, Data2X, and FinEquity offer a set of indicators to promote a simplified and harmonized approach to measure WEE in the context of financial inclusion programs and initiatives
Argentine Foreign Minister Lauds Brac’s Social Development and Financial Inclusion Initiatives
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Andres Cafiero visited BRAC head office on Monday to learn about BRAC's approach to designing anti-poverty solutions, especially with a focus on women's empowerment and financial inclusion of rural women.
Finding Our Collective Direction Towards Women's Economic Empowerment
Aude de Montesquiou, Global Facilitator for FinEquity, discusses the community of practice's current work and future ambitions to support women.
FinDev Guide to Women's Financial Inclusion
This Guide features a curated selection of research and blogs on women's financial inclusion, from gender lens investing to financial diaries of women traders.
Women in Rural and Agricultural Livelihoods + Climate - Insights, Opportunities, and Strategy
These documents synthesize research and insights to date regarding women in rural and agricultural livelihoods, financial and non-financial services, and climate change.
Driving Formal Savings: What Works for Low-Income Women?
Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, low-income women remain underserved in their ability to access, use, and benefit from financial products. Closing this gap requires a better understanding of the types of savings products and services that women value, prioritize, and need.