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Informed Design: A Case Study Series (WomenSave)
The first in a new case study series from FinEquity on informed design and digital financial services (DFS). This study examines product and service design by WomenSave, an organization targeting poor (living on less than $2 a day) women in underserved areas of Uganda through financial literacy training and financial advisory services, access to mobile money and goal-based savings plans.
Evidence Review of Women's Groups and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Implications for Savings Groups in Africa
This brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts on how COVID-19 has affected savings groups and how these groups have helped mitigate the pandemic’s negative consequences in sub-Saharan Africa.
Her Resilience in the Face of COVID-19
A data deep dive into the customer base of two financial service providers engaging with low-income women
Health Microinsurance: An Inclusive Approach
Developing suitable health financing options for low-income families
Promoting Empowerment of Women and Gender Equality through Integrated Microfinance, Value-Chain Support and Gender Capacity Building
Evaluating a microfinance cooperative's efforts in advancing gender equality
Solutions for Financial Inclusion: Serving Rural Women
Understanding gender-based challenges in accessing financial products and services
Microfinance in East Africa: Schemes for Women in the Coffee Sector
Overview of savings and credit landscape for women
Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods: Micro-Level Investigations in Three African Countries
Mitigating HIV/AIDS impact at household level
Microfinance, Rural Livelihoods and Women's Empowerment in Uganda
How can microfinance facilitate women's empowerment?
Pact's WORTH Model: A Savings-led Approach to Economic Security and Combating HIV/AIDS
How can participant-owned village banking help women address problems like HIV/AIDS?