Resources on social finance

  1. Publication

    Call for proposals from non-profit Business Development Service providers to support the roll-out of Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead) training to farmer groups producing sesame and cassava in West Nile, Uganda

    29 June 2022

  2. Event

    Financial education with a gender lens: Validation workshop in Argentina

    The training on financial education tools with a specific gender focus has become one of the ways to promote women economic independence. In a context of vulnerability, the tools help bridge knowledge gaps on topics such as budgeting, income and expenses, access to savings products, credits and insurance.

  3. Document

    Gender and financial inclusion

    06 March 2020

    In many societies, women face discrimination and are disproportionately vulnerable. Unequal gender roles have implications for the most basic aspects of self-determination, dignity and freedom, which in turn influence financial inclusion - or lack thereof.

  4. Publication

    Women’s Entrepreneurship Development

    01 March 2016

    The ILO approach to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development - Sustainable Enterprises

  5. News

    New wave of cooperatives in Cameroon help HIV-positive women gain economic independence

    01 February 2010

    A number of HIV-positive women in North West Cameroon are taking the initiative by generating income through cooperatives, with the assistance of the International Labour Organization (ILO) funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)