#FinEquity2024 Annual Convening
A hearty thank you to all who joined us for #FinEquity2024 Annual Convening. This year’s event brought together FinEquity's growing global community, to unpack how financial services can help women build resilience in the face of climate shocks and global volatility.
We enjoyed a packed two days of productive, inspiring conversations and walked away with deeper insights, proven solutions and many new connections with global members of the women’s financial inclusion community.
If you missed the #FinEquity2024 Annual Convening, you can now stream all session video recordings and download presentations from the event from home.
OPENING & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
IFC’s Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, and Carolina Trivelli, Peru's former Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, had an inspiring fireside chat. They stressed the importance of having systematic gender disaggregated data at national level, to support policymakers in designing policies that serve women better. CGAP's Xavier Faz and Antonique Koning also shared FinEquity's current learning agenda and engagement opportunities within each theme: Climate and Gender, WEE Measurement, and Gender-Lens Investing for Women-led MSMEs.
- Opening and Keynote video recording [English, Spanish, French]
- Opening slide deck
MEMBER SHARE SESSION 1: IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE SMART SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR WOMEN
Across the globe, the impacts of climate shocks are intensifying existing gender gaps. Women are facing food scarcity, displacement, and an increasing number of off-farm responsibilities. These challenges are then leading to greater risks of malnutrition and gender-based violence. Mercy Corps-Agrifin, UN Women, and VisionFund International shared how they are implementing climate-smart financial solutions that work for women.
- Member-share session 1 video recording [English, Spanish, French]
- Member-share session 1 slide deck
MEMBER SHARE SESSION 2: MEASURING WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Developing and using commonly agreed upon Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) indicators is critical to helping stakeholders understand the outcomes of financial inclusion for women. Member share session 2, featured latest innovations from Women’s World Banking, WEE-DeFine and CARE on measuring WEE through financial inclusion.
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER LENS INVESTING FOR WOMEN LED SMEs
Drawing on FinEquity member experiences in Asia, Africa and Latin America, a cross-regional panel featuring Women's World Banking, Roots of Impact, Deetken Impact and Tyme Group unpacked how gender lens investment accelerates business growth and empowers women as drivers of change in the climate transition. This was followed by an in depth discussion between FinEquity's Aude de Montesquiou and Audrey Hove from Alliance for Financial Inclusion.
- Regional perspectives on gender lens investing for women-led SME's video recording [English, Spanish, French]
- Day 2 slide deck
CLOSING SESSION
CGAP CEO, Sophie Sirtaine, shared her personal reflections from #FinEquity2024 Annual Convening and connections with CGAP's new strategic priorities.
AGENDA AND SPEAKERS
View the #FinEquity2024 Agenda and Speaker List.
EVENT BACKGROUND
#FinEquity2024 focused on how to implement climate-smart solutions that work for women, how to measure the economic empowerment and resilience gained by women through financial inclusion, and how to mobilize gender lens investing for women-led MSMEs in agriculture, food systems and other sectors.
The member-led sessions offered participants the opportunity to learn, and continue to build a common understanding on challenges, experiences, and best practices on using financial services to advance gender equality in the face of climate change. We also hope this served as the beginning of a conversation with the community about how we can advance our collective efforts.
FinEquity is convened by CGAP, a global partnership of more than 30 leading development organizations that works to advance the lives of poor people, especially women, through financial inclusion.
If you were unable to join us for our 2023 Annual Convening, you can explore presentations and materials here.
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