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Despite growing global efforts, nearly one billion women are excluded from the formal financial system and continue to face greater financial vulnerability than men. While microfinance has been hailed as an economic lifeline for women in developing countries, what will it really take to empower women and promote sustainable, inclusive economic growth?
Join the first launch event of the book, There’s Nothing Micro About a Billion Women: Making Finance Work for Women, authored by President and CEO of Women's World Banking Mary Ellen Iskenderian, to discuss the book and women’s financial inclusion more broadly. The event is organized by CGAP alongside contributing partners World Bank Group (Gender), Women’s World Banking, the World Bank Group’s Gender Equality initiative Accelerate Equality and FinEquity.
CGAP CEO Sophie Sirtaine will provide opening remarks, followed by a presentation by Mary Ellen Iskenderian and a Q&A session facilitated by Hana Brixi, World Bank Global Director for Gender.
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