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All Content Tagged “Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion”
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Touria Abounaouafil, president of the Women’s Cooperative IATIBAR, displays products in the recently refurbished shop of her Cooperative in Ain Nafad, the Marrakech region of Morocco. Andrew Monahan, USAID
A USAID and GiveDirectly partnership supports rural cooperatives to bounce back from multiple crises
Women-led cooperatives in Morocco are fostering resilience in their communities. Through collective efforts in agriculture, artisanship, and sustainable practices, these cooperatives empower women economically and socially. These success stories highlight the impact of USAID’s initiatives on local development and gender equality, illustrating a transformative path toward sustainable livelihoods and community strength.
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Agriculture and Food Security
Economic Growth
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
Inclusive Development
Women's Economic Empowerment
Activity Design and Implementation
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Microempresas client Isabelina Mosquera Murillo makes artesanal products crafted from the totumo fruit. Ricardo Ramos, Microempresas de Colombia
Governments and aid agencies often focus efforts on improving access to finance, however, access to financial products does not guarantee that people know how to use them wisely.
It’s as important to ensure that people can develop healthy and sustainable financial habits and behaviors that cement a better quality of life. In Colombia, USAID INVEST and partners developed a new digital tool to guide financial service providers in designing and delivering financial education using a gender-smart and intersectional approach.
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Digital Access and Technology
Economic Growth
Education
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
Explore this fact sheet to learn more about the Women in the Digital Economy Fund and new partner commitments to the Women in the Digital Economy Initiative.
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Digital Access and Technology
Economic Growth
Education
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
Women's Economic Empowerment
Partnerships
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The gender equity assessment rating tool will help Kiva have more impact for women borrowers, like Jacqueline from the Dominican Republic. Photo Credit: Kiva
With USAID support, online lending platform Kiva developed a publicly accessible tool for financial service providers to assess how they consider gender across the work environment.
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Economic Growth
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
USAID is committed to being a leading investor, partner, and advocate to achieve the goal of gender equality across societies. Jamille Bigio, USAID Senior Gender Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, highlights 10 of the ways USAID is advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world.
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International Women's Day
Adolescent Girls/Youth
Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Education
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
USAID’s Amazon Business Alliance, a joint initiative with the Government of Canada and Conservation International, promotes economic development based on the sustainable use of natural resources and on gender and intercultural approaches to improve the people’s welfare and forest conservation.
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Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
Learn about the Gender Digital Divide through the information presented in this technical resource, developed to address women’s equitable participation in the national, regional and global economy.
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Digital Access and Technology
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
Learn about risk mitigation for the Gender Digital Divide through the information presented in this technical note, developed to address women’s equitable participation in the national, regional and global economy.
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Digital Access and Technology
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
