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FMO and Finnfund Back SATYA MicroCapital With $35M to Make Formal Finance More Accessible to Women in India

The funds have been earmarked to fund women and youth financing, thereby promoting gender equality and female empowerment.

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MicroVest Invests $10 Million in Annapurna to Support Financial Inclusion for Women in India

The $10 million MicroVest investment in Annapurna microfinance aims to promote economic inclusion in underserved rural communities, with a specific emphasis on empowering women in India.

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Svasti Microfinance Raises $5M From IIX's Women's Livelihood Bond 5, the World's First Orange Bond Issuance

Mumbai-based Svasti Microfinance has received $5 million through Non-Convertible Debentures from Singapore-based Impact Investment Exchange's Women's Livelihood Bond 5, the proceeds of which will go toward empowering women through income-generating activities.

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SIDBI to Partner With AMFI to Support Bengal's Women Entrepreneurs

By this intervention, the average income of women is expected to rise by at least 30 percent.

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Symbiotics Investments Brings World’s First INR-Denominated Gender-Focused Bond to the Luxembourg Green Exchange

The proceeds from the bond will be dedicated exclusively to providing loans to female entrepreneurs in India.

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Microfinance Institutions Network Launches TVC for Backing Low-Income Women Groups

The campaign tagline aims to communicate how the microfinance industry in India has all along been actively supportive of income-generating trade activity, by low-income financially excluded women across the country.

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In a First for India’s Fintech Ecosystem, Kaleidofin Announces Its Board Is Majority Women Led

Its seven-member board now comprises four women board members including Geeta Goel, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Suvalakshmi Chakraborti, Founder Finreach, Treasa Mathew, Omidyar Network, and Sucharita Mukherjee, Co-founder, Kaleidofin.

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IEIN Seeking Collaborators to Establish Market Linkages for Self-Help Groups

The aim of the project is to support SHGs by providing them with business training, production skills and marketing information to empower rural women to adopt non-agricultural means of earning a sustainable livelihood.