Financing for Development Must Account for Women

Financing for Development Must Account for Women

A number of promising steps toward greater gender equality are being taken at this week's Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville. But much remains to be done, from ensuring that participants deliver on their commitments to improving women's representation at the top of financial institutions.

“We Vet the Funders Now”: Feminist Funding Lessons from Tunisia and Palestine

Inside the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD-4) meeting rooms, governments were making “commitments” to the political blueprint of “development”: restructuring debt, what tax rules to rewrite, and how to reform the global financial architecture. Feminist movements welcome these long-overdue conversations, but argue that real “financing for development” cannot stop at technical fixes. It must redirect power and res…

The Financial Inclusion Movement: How women are driving economic equality - The Edge, A Leader's Magazine

In recent years, the financial inclusion movement has been a compelling force for driving global economic equality. At the heart of this transformative shift are women—entrepreneurs, innovators, and change-makers, who are breaking barriers and reshaping economic landscapes worldwide. Their contributions are not only closing gender gaps, but also catalyzing growth for entire communities and economies. Women as Catalysts for Change Historically, f…

Where's the Support for Gender Equality? Women Ask at the Global Forum

Supporters for a “gender-just economy” through global financial reforms showed up in force at the UN-led Financing for Development forum this week in Seville, Spain. Even if advocates don’t achieve their goals, they will keep fighting, they say. FEMINIST FORUM Advocates for gender equality and global financial reforms from around the world were disappointed with the Financing for Development pronouncement even before the United Nations internati…