Building Women’s Climate Resilience: A Case Study Series - MEDA Nicaragua Technolinks+

Financial services have the potential to help women increase their resilience in the face of changing climate.

The Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) Technolinks+ (TL+) project has worked to increase sustainable and gender-inclusive agricultural productivity of smallholders in Northern Nicaragua (30 percent being women). Using a market systems approach and integrating gender norms change in program design and delivery, lead to increased women’s access to financial services and uptake of climate-smart technology, improving livelihoods and ultimately climate resilience. 

This FinEquity Brief is part of a series of case studies documenting work done by FinEquity community members to increase women’s climate resilience. The series highlights initiatives that are deliberately addressing the gendered impacts of climate change—from how they assessed women’s needs, their gender sensitive design process, and the experiences with implementation. It aims to inspire financial service providers and other stakeholders to start addressing the specific financial service needs of women in the face of climate change.