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FinEquity Blog

Driving Women’s Empowerment and the Economy, One Chat at a Time

In Indonesia, women selling goods through social media have become a powerful economic force, but they need more support.
FinEquity Blog

Financing Her Health: How Maternity Wallets and Medical Loans Can Transform Maternal Care

Affordable health finance products boost resilience for urban slum dwellers in India.
FinEquity Blog

Does Financial Literacy Have the Potential to Transform Women's Lives in Africa?

BRAC shares three key takeaways from a survey of participants in their financial and digital literacy program.
FinEquity Blog

InvestHER: Pioneering Gender-Responsive Climate Finance

A new climate resilience bond aims to help support women smallholder farmers, but the road to issuance has proved challenging.
FinDev Blog

She Works From Dawn to Dusk, But Can’t Count the Money She Earns

How can financial literacy and numeracy help women break cycles of dependence and gain financial security?
FinDev Blog

Six Steps to Unlock Formal Credit Through VSLAs

Women-centered design and a strong coalition of partners are expanding business growth opportunities for VSLA members through a data-driven approach to credit assessment.
FinDev Blog

The Closing of the Mobile Money Gender Gap in Rwanda

Combining traditional survey data with supply-side data strengthens our understanding and helps validate key trends in the uptake and usage of mobile money. 
FinDev Guide

Women's Financial Inclusion: A Guide to Knowledge Resources IWD 2025

To mark International Women's Day 2025, this guide shares the latest blogs and publications on financial services that work for women.
FinDev Blog

Women Entrepreneurs Are Confident and Capable - So Why Are Systems Holding Them Back?

New research from CARE shows that women entrepreneurs set clear business goals and believe they can achieve them, but they lack credit. Women-centered design can help break systemic barriers to offer more and better credit options for all.
FinEquity Blog

Boosting Women’s Climate Resilience: Three Areas to Support FSPs

This blog explores three key ways FSPs can be supported to offer inclusive financial solutions that boost low-income women’s climate adaptation and resilience—through better data use, stronger institutional capacity, and increased funding.