Jun 16, 2021 | WS4R Innovation Partners
Earlier this year, we were thrilled to award five grants as part of the Women Saving for Resilience Innovation Fund. The awards support ground-breaking COVID-19 response and recovery efforts r…
May 13, 2021 | Sabine Garbarino & Kemi Asuni
Photo credit: Social Development Direct Over 1 billion people are estimated to be living with some form of disability, with the majority of them in low- and middle-income countries. This makes…
Dec 1, 2020 | Ania Chaluda & Iman El Shayeb, FHI 360
Photo credit: UN Women/Emad Karim This blog is the second of a two-part series - co-produced by FHI 360 and MarketShare Associates - on Rethinking the Future of Women’s Empowerment in re…
Nov 16, 2020 | Marketlinks
This blog was originally published on the Marketlinks website. We're pleased to share it with the SEEP community. The 2020 SEEP Annual Conference looked a little different this year. With the…
Nov 12, 2020 | Nick Aveling, Hand in Hand International
Rhoda, a tailor from Kenya who received Hand in Hand International’s livelihoods training, wears a facemask she produced during the coronavirus crisis. Three months. That's how long it t…
Oct 20, 2020 | Ania Chaluda & Iman El Shayeb, FHI 360
Photo credit: UN Women/Emad Karim This blog is the first of a two-part series - co-produced by FHI 360 and MarketShare Associates - on Rethinking the Future of Women’s Empowerment in res…
Sep 9, 2020 | Emily Janoch, CARE
Photo Credit: Peter Caton/CARE 2017 How about we went into a project saying, “women are powerful, let’s treat them that way?” If we wish to impact lives beyond the life of on…
Aug 27, 2020 | Julia Arnold, CFI & The SEEP Network
During our chat, we talked about the risks of leaving oral communities behind, creating truly inclusive programs, closing the gender gap in financial inclusion and how COVID-19 is transforming…
Jun 26, 2020 | Kauwel Qazi and Sarah Zoen, Oxfam America
I am not free while any woman is unfree even when her shackles are very different from my own - Audre Lorde Corporations have captured more economic power than entire nations. But, the coron…
Apr 13, 2020 | Chloé Gueguen, Sabal Al Majali & Julia Hakspiel
View webinar recording: Does Market Systems Development Work for Women's Financial Empowerment? Despite progress over the past few years, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region still h…
Apr 2, 2020 | Julia Arnold, Elizabeth Anderson, Smriti Rao & Sarah Gammage
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, questions of post-disaster recovery must be at the forefront of the conversation. We’re still far from understanding the full impa…
Mar 16, 2020 | Danielle Niedermaier, Land O’Lakes Venture37
With strong support from the project and organizational leadership, the USAID-funded Cooperative Development Program (CDP) expects to make measurable impacts on women’s earning potential…
Mar 10, 2020 | Reham Gharbiyeh & Julia Hakspiel, Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund
Women are concentrated in the informal sector either as workers or business operators across the globe. The informal nature of businesses affects their capacity to expand their entrepreneurial…
Feb 26, 2020 | Sabine Joukes, Pact
An entrepreneur in Cambodia displays her handmade jewelry. In the 18 months since I moved to Cambodia to lead a new project to empower young women entrepreneurs, I’ve met countless inspi…
Feb 10, 2020 | Mark Reilley, Pact
Photo credit: Pact WORTH is an award-winning micro-banking program that empowers women to lift themselves and each other out of poverty and recently reached its one-millionth member! WORTH&rsq…
Dec 19, 2019 | Anna Mecagni, Women for Women International
Jennifer Denomy, Technical Director for Vulnerable Populations at MEDA speaking at the #SEEP2019 session, Innovative Strategies to Maximize Resilience in Women's Economic Empowerment. A few we…
Nov 15, 2019 | Sarah Gammage, ICRW
Sarah Gammage speaking at the 2019 SEEP Annual Conference. As development practitioners, we tackle challenges and opportunities facing women entrepreneurs globally. Experts debate topics from…
Oct 20, 2019 | Women for Women International
Women for Women International program participants in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Sefa Nkansa What practical approaches maximize women’s economic empowerment, reduce risks and increase resil…
Oct 1, 2019 | Elizabeth Kiamba, FSD Africa
This blog was originally published on the FSD Africa website. We are pleased to share it here with the SEEP community. Photo courtesy: FSD Africa Our economies are built on the back of women&…
Jul 23, 2019 | Julia Hakspiel, MarketShare Associates
Panelists (left to right): Anna Mecagni from Women for Women International; Kaitlin Love from IPSOS; Sarah Gammage from ICRW; Caroleena Fontes from Oxfam America; Angeline Munzara from World V…
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