Feminist Edge - Professional Development for Gender Professionals
Feminist Edge is a six-month blended learning professional development program developed by KIT and UN Women Training Centre, to bring a feminist edge (back) to gender training.
Building Financial Resilience Against Digital Risk
The findings in this learning brief draw on the Strive Women Midline Survey, conducted by 60 Decibels, which measured how women micro and small enterprise owners across Pakistan, Vietnam, and Peru experience and respond to digital financial risk and fraud.
Financial Services as Infrastructure for Women’s Empowerment and Carbon Integrity
Airtel Nigeria Empowers 2,050 Women Through Financial Inclusion Program
The program, implemented across major cities in Nigeria, has successfully onboarded 2,050 women into formal financial systems, marking a significant step toward economic inclusion.
Addressing the $1.7 Trillion Gender Gap Through Financial Inclusion
The Global Gender-Smart Fund (GGSF) is a $500 million blended finance fund, addressing the funding gap faced by underserved women and women-led business in developing markets.
Digitizing Savings Groups: Five Steps That Cannot Be Skipped
A growing ecosystem of fintechs, financial service providers and development organizations is working to digitize savings groups and connect them to formal finance at scale. But to actually improve women's financial agency, the foundations must come first.
Deepening Financial Inclusion for Young Women in Uganda
The paper summarizes Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU)'s research on how young Ugandan women move from school to work, from legal minority to full citizenship, and from ward to caregiver, specifically by accessing and using financial services.
Scaling Mentorship for Women Entrepreneurs Without Losing the Human Touch
Can mentorship be scaled without losing its human touch? Strive Mexico tested what works for women entrepreneurs with diverse digital capabilities.
Access to Finance for Women MSMEs in Kenya
This case study examines Kenya’s policy, regulatory and institutional approaches to advancing women’s financial inclusion, with a focus on improving access to finance for women-owned and women-led MSMEs (WMSMEs).
Cracking the Credit Code: Alternative Data and AI for Financial Inclusion
This report aims to inform practitioners and policymakers about ways in which innovations in credit scoring can advance financial inclusion while ensuring fairness and protecting consumers.