6 CROSSCUTTING POLICY TOPICS

CROSSCUTTING POLICY TOPICS

AFI Working Groups are incorporating gender considerations into their deliverables. This is facilitated by dedicated gender focal points across the seven Working Groups who support all members in fulfilling their pledges made in the Denarau Action Plan to increase women’s access and usage of quality and affordable financial services globally.

This is accomplished in a variety of ways, including developing gender inclusive finance (GIF)-focused knowledge products, as well as the dissemination of learnings through AFI’s capacity-building programs, online platforms, and dialogues in the global fora, and the incorporation of gender considerations into draft policies during peer reviews.

The delivery of consistent and quality deliverables can be attributed to the nearly equal male and female representation at the Working Group leadership level. With more women in leadership

A Policy Framework for Women-led MSME Access to Finance Risk Sharing Facilities: Mobilizing Finance for Women-led MSMEs

positions within the Working Groups, members will benefit from diverse viewpoints and experiences that may help move their women’s financial inclusion priorities forward inclusively and sustainably.

DELIVERABLES:

> Workshop Report on Integrating Gender

Considerations into COVID-19 Policy Solutions summarizes a global high-level panel discussion webinar on "Integrating Gender Considerations in

COVID-19 Policy Solutions."

> Case Study on Formalizing Village Savings Groups with a Gender Lens – Egypt Case Study explores

Egypt’s experience formalizing village savings groups through a gender intentional lens.

> Financial Education Programs Monitoring and

Evaluation Toolkit aims to support AFI member institutions in setting up a system to facilitate management and documentation of evidence on the effectiveness of their financial education programs.

CASE STUDIES OF MULTISECTORAL APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR WOMEN'S FINANCIAL INCLUSION

CASE STUDY

Case Studies of Multisectoral Approaches to Integrating Digital Financial Services for Women’s Financial Inclusion Policy Framework on MSME Data Collection: A Guide for Gender Inclusive Finance

See pages 29-33 for all Working Group Publications 2021, and page 50 for all Regional Initiatives Publications 2021

HELEN WALBEY

Head, Gender Inclusive Finance

BERYL TAN

Senior Program Analyst, Gender Inclusive Finance

DIANA SCHVARZTEIN

Policy Manager, Youth

MARIAM ZAHARI

Policy Specialist, Forcibly Displaced Persons

AUDREY HOVE

Specialist, Gender Inclusive Finance