Around the world, 2 billion people remain unbanked and women lag behind men in terms of access to formal accounts, credit, and savings products. FinEquity, a community of practice to empower women through financial inclusion, is convened by CGAP. It provides facilitated platforms to share experiences, identify key challenges, document and discuss emerging good practices, and solve common problems associated with increasing equitable access to and use of a broad range of financial services. Learn More
This webinar (in French) aims to foster dialogue, inspire action, and build momentum toward inclusive financial systems by addressing persistent gender gaps in leadership and data.
This blog explores three key ways FSPs can be supported to offer solutions that strengthen low-income women’s climate adaptation and resilience through inclusive finance.
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.
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.
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.
Latest Publications
This report presents findings from the baseline survey of the four-year Strive Women program which offers two main interventions to help women-led micro and small enterprises thrive.
This paper draws on interview data with leaders, investors, and data scientists at fintech companies developing ML-based alternative lending apps in low- and middle-income countries to explore financial inclusion and gender implications.
This report provides insights into the key barriers and promising approaches related to women’s digital literacy and digital financial capability. It explores the challenges hindering women’s adoption of digital literacy, ranging from insufficient broadband connectivity and affordability issues to restrictive social and gender norms.