This paper presents research findings on the key challenges women face in accessing digital financial services and the design opportunities for the financial sector, policymakers and regulators, the philanthropic sector, NGOs, and designers everywhere.

This report shares HERproject’s experience of supporting 70 garment factories in Bangladesh, with a combined workforce of around 170,000, majority women, to digitize their wages.

This Focus Note outlines the characteristics of informal online commerce (IOC), maps the personas of the women who engage in it, and provides guidance to funders looking to support women to generate livelihoods through IOC.

Evidence from field experiments in Bangladesh examining the gender gap in the adoption and usage of mobile banking

What are the operational implications for encouraging greater engagement of women in agriculture and finance?

Findings based on surveys in 15 low- and middle-income countries

Investigating the gender gap in digital financial services in Bangladesh

The findings of this research are based on a qualitative survey with 76 respondents which aimed to make sense of how and why women use DFS and offer recommendations for policy and practice.

Findings from quantitative survey of 4000 women on mobile financial services

Guidance on tackling challenges in achieving gender parity in financial inclusion