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Turning Waste Into Wealth for Women in Coastal Bangladesh
A new BRAC pilot is exploring how rural village waste management systems can help build climate resilience and women’s economic empowerment.
FinEquity: Driving Collaboration to Make Financial Services Work Better for Women
To mark International Women's Day, FinEquity reflects on the importance of connection and knowledge sharing to bridge gaps and keep gender priorities visible.
From Informal to Investable
Banks and MFIs have often overlooked women nano-entrepreneurs as too costly to serve. But by reaching them through trusted savings groups and digital tools, financial institutions are finding viable ways to serve segments traditional lending has missed.
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.
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.
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.
Building Women’s Financial Resilience Through a Digital Savings-Led Banking Model
A pilot program in India helped low-income women entrepreneurs grow their savings and integrate into the formal financial system.
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.
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.
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.