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Watch: Part 1 of the ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’ webinar series
The first webinar in this series delved into the transformative potential of digital financial services in empowering women and driving gender equality. With a range of speakers, the webinar explored the challenges faced by women in accessing financial services and the immense opportunities that digital financial inclusion can bring.
Watch the webinar: Why a gender lens matters for financial consumer protection
For World's Consumer Rights Day 2022, UNCDF convened civil society representatives from Gabon and Nigeria and a regulator from Sierra Leone to share their views on how digital financial services can better serve their purpose and why a gender lens matters for Financial Consumer Protection.
New collaboration with the Arab Monetary Fund to support Digital Financial Services policymaking
UNCDF Policy Accelerator and the Arab Monetary Fund are working together to support financial inclusion and digital financial services in the Arab region, as part of our approach to collaborating with a wide range of development partners, as well as a natural extension of our ongoing and planned work in North Africa.
New partnership to support advocacy for women’s digital and financial inclusion
UNCDF Policy Accelerator will work with Women's World Banking to co-create a strategic advocacy program that will support local stakeholders in priority countries to advocate for women’s digital and financial inclusion (WDFI) and ensure that WDFI is a priority among country, regional, and global decision makers.
Increase financial inclusion for women in Central Africa: Voices from the UNCDF Advisory Panel
How can we develop inclusive digital financial services in the CEMAC region, where more than one in three women are excluded from formal financial services? And what role do policymakers play in ensuring service meet women's needs?
New collaboration with European Commission and the Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States
Supported by the European Commission and the Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), we will be working with other teams at UNCDF on inclusive digital finance in select countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
G7 partnership to promote women’s economic empowerment in Africa
The UNCDF Policy Accelerator will work with governments in Africa to improve women’s economic empowerment (WEE) as part the of G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa.
“Africa Policy Accelerator” project to address the regulatory barriers to digital financial services
UNCDF is partnering with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on an “Africa Policy Accelerator” project to provide better digital financial services to millions of people.