Integrated digital platform for women empowerment and financial inclusion in the food system
Description of the innovative solution
Social protection programs focused on women’s empowerment have shown good results to improve women’s empowerment and household nutrition, but those programs have poor coverage and limited reach in the urban slums and rural remote areas. This innovation will leverage digital tools to improve the financial inclusion of women, particularly focused on the potential for digital financial services to link women to markets, raise incomes, reduce poverty and facilitate women’s greater control over their earnings and savings, all critical elements of women’s economic empowerment.
Social protection programs focused on women’s empowerment have shown good results to improve women’s empowerment and household nutrition, but those programs have poor coverage and limited reach in the urban slums and rural remote areas. This innovation will leverage digital tools to improve the financial inclusion of women, particularly focused on the potential for digital financial services to link women to markets, raise incomes, reduce poverty and facilitate women’s greater control over their earnings and savings, all critical elements of women’s economic empowerment.
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Gender Centrality of Mobile Financial Services in Bangladesh
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Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion: A Study of Urban Slum
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