An updated take on "What We're Reading". The FinEquity Africa team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives and articles to videos and social posts. 

This resource guide is designed to serve as a quick reference for investors, donors, and development partners looking to understand how to integrate a gender lens in their investment processes to support financial service providers (FSPs) serving women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (WMSMEs).

Taking steps to address financial abuse offers an opportunity to better serve women. By applying a financial abuse lens, FSPs can better identify barriers that prevent women from fully utilizing financial services. This understanding paves the way for developing gender-responsive products that not only protect women from harm, but also expand access to underserved segments. In this blog, FinEquity's Swati Mehta, shares how addressing this issue presents an opportunity for FSPs to reduce risks and create safer and more inclusive financial systems. 

We sat down with FinEquity member and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)'s, Dr. Rohini Kamal, to learn more about her research working at the intersection of climate and gender, on BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) program in Bangladesh.

An updated take on "What We're Reading". The FinEquity Africa team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives and articles to videos and social posts. 

This guide brings together a selection of the most relevant practical resources, tools and proven solutions to increasing gender diversity in the financial services industry leadership and workforce. These are organized into four main categories; (i) Gender Diverse Leadership, (ii) Institutional Gender Gap Assessment, (iii) Workforce Development, and (iv) Training Resources.

This guide shares resources from an in-depth literature review focused on women-owned nano and micro-enterprises in three countries: India, Kenya, and Uganda.

This guide brings together a wide selection of resources that address gender-intelligent design: research, case studies, toolkits, and best practice guidelines. It provides a starting point for understanding (i) why designing for women is critical; (ii) how to use segmentation approaches and user research when designing financial services, (iii) design principles and methodologies for adopting a gender-intelligent approach to design, and (iv) available training resources.

An updated take on "What We're Reading". The FinEquity Africa team brings you a curated list of women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment content we've been consuming recently, from podcasts, new initiatives and articles to videos and social posts. 

A joint FinEquity Africa/DFI working group has been discussing how gender-intentional product design in Africa is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for closing the gender gap in financial inclusion. In this blog, FinEquity Africa's Regional Facilitator, Tariro Nyimo, shares some insights from the working group, drawing on examples such as Tyme Bank's community-focused approach and the partnership between Advans and CARE in Côte d'Ivoire.