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International Women’s Day Panel 2021
International Women’s Day Panel 2021 COVID-19 and Women Microentrepreneurs: A Path Forward Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Andrée Simon, President and CEO of FINCA Impact Finance. Date:
COVID-19 in the DRC
The story of a FINCA DRC customer who transformed her seamstress business to make masks to support her community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women’s financial inclusion takes center stage for International Women’s Day podcast
Women’s financial inclusion and access to finance was the topic of focus of a special IWD-themed podcast, as FINCA Impact Finance VP & Regional Director for the Middle East & South Asia, Zar Wardak, joined two other women leaders in the field of gender advocacy to discuss the ways access to finance empowers women around the world
FINCA Impact Finance International Women’s Day Panel 2020
Does providing women access to finance play an effective enough role in empowering women politically or is there another way forward?
Keeping the Promise of Financial Inclusion for Women
FINCA Impact Finance (FIF) subsidiaries are demonstrating that serving women can be a sound business strategy based on high-quality loans, lower costs and opportunities for sustainable growth. Recent innovations in products and service-delivery are building on FIF’s legacy of women-centered finance. Women have proven that they are responsible borrowers, diligent businesspeople and loyal customers.
Work and Meaning – Women Rocking Wallstreet with Andree Simon
On the latest episode of the financial podcast “Women Rocking Wall Street”, FINCA Impact Finance President & CEO Andree Simon had the chance to discuss the firm’s new women-centered ventures
Engaging with the private sector to empower women: What to Measure and How to Build the Business Case for Change
FINCA Afghanistan’s women-only bank branch is featured as a business case in a brief developed by the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF) for their AWEF Learning Series in partnership with The SEEP Network.
FINCA Kosovo: Business Loans for Women Support Entrepreneurship
FINCA Kosovo developed the Loan for Women Entrepreneurs in Business and Agribusiness specifically to help women grow and scale businesses. Since launching more than a year ago, the business loans for women have made positive social and commercial impacts, making the case for why financial institutions should emphasize outreach to women clients.
Caren Robb on Fintech and Financial Inclusion for Women
Despite increased financial access overall, the gender gap hasn’t changed much since 2014. And while fintech has potential to empower women, fintech and financial inclusion for women don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. In a recent op-ed, Caren Robb discusses ways that financial institutions can promote gender-equitable financial inclusion and close the gender gap.
Fintech and Financial Inclusion Could Help Close Gender Gap – IWD Event Recap
Discussion of how fintech and financial inclusion can close the gender gap took center stage at FINCA Impact Finance’s 2019 International Women’s Day event, Can the Future Still Be Female? A Discussion on Fintech and Gender Balance. Panelists included Rosita Najmi of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Sonja Kelly of the US State Department, Bhavana Srivastava of MicroSave Consulting and Elissa McCarter Laborde of the Vitas Group.