This course provides an in-depth guide to understanding, gathering, and effectively using sex-disaggregated data to promote gender equality and improve women's financial inclusion.

Learn how policymakers can design and implement gender-transformative financial policies to promote women's financial inclusion and empowerment.

Banks and MFIs have long bypassed women nano-entrepreneurs as too expensive to serve profitably. But by meeting these women inside their trusted savings groups with digital tools, financial institutions are unlocking viable models to reach segments that traditional lending has missed.

This policy brief shares practical lessons from customer research on women’s saving behavior in Uganda, examining how different empowerment indicators perform in capturing women’s financial behaviors, decision‑making, and outcomes.

On 24 November, policy makers, private sector and development partners from around the world committed to work together to expand women’s access to finance and economic participation, and to support women leaders at a high-level event in Luxembourg. 

The proceeds of the $100 million issuance will be used to finance women-owned SMEs, as well as mortgage loans for women in Türkiye. 

These investments will expand access to funding for female investors and entrepreneurs, with a focus on the eight growth-driving sectors of the Government’s Industrial Strategy – from life sciences to digital & technology – that underpin UK growth.

Non-profit Women in Banking & Finance has set up a new council to support growth and innovation.

Over a span of eight years, 117 million women across 22 countries who were previously excluded from the formal financial system now have access to financial solutions like savings, loans, insurance and credit, enabling greater economic potential.

Backed by Access Bank’s Africa-wide footprint, the W Initiative is aimed to unlock opportunities, deepen financial inclusion, and accelerate the success of women entrepreneurs across Kenya.