Women play a critical role in delivering carbon outcomes, yet they are often excluded from the benefits carbon projects create. This Focus Note argues that financial services are the infrastructure that enables women's empowerment while generating the evidence needed to verify gender co-benefits and strengthen carbon market integrity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

The Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes conference invites submissions of research on women’s leadership and its impact on development outcomes.

The recognition, referred to as Women’s Financial Inclusion Champion, Banks at the Financial Inclusion Awards 2026, was presented by the Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda, who commended the bank’s role in expanding financial access and economic opportunities for women across the country.

The commission on the status of women (CSW70) debates at united nations headquarters how to end legal and social discrimination against women.

The Fintech Times asked women working across the fintech sector a simple question: what fintech trends are helping women better access financial services and manage their financial futures?