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Grameen Foundation Male Engagement Evidence Brief

Grameen has conducted male engagement activities, including community-level and intra-household dialogues (IHDs), in the context of financial inclusion and other programming focused on reducing poverty and enhancing income generation of women in a range of settings across West Africa, Central America and Asia since 2014.

Typically, they are introduced in a phased approach following capacity-building in gender and inclusion with financial service providers (FSPs) or other local partners.

In our own assessments (some of them peer reviewed), we find that IHDs (introduced as a complement to other program activities) lead to improved agency of women to access and use financial services for enterprise growth, without fear of negative male backlash.

Households become more harmonious and cooperative.

In addition, by engaging men in groups with other couples, they are able to observe their peers’ willingness to change their attitudes and behaviors, which creates a ripple effect.

This brief will outline the global evidence base and share experiences of various Grameen projects deploying IHDs.

Grameen Foundation Refugee Finance Program Case Study

In 2019, we launched our Refugee Finance Program to improve the lives and livelihoods of forcibly displaced people and those living in refugee-hosting communities. Focused especially on women and youth, we have expanded access to formal financial services, enabling financial resilience for thousands. The following case study shares the impacts and lessons learned from our Refugee Finance program.

PCC Report Related to Grameen's Philippine Carabao Center EASIS

This study evaluates the KBGAN iHealth© and KBGAN iFeed© mobile apps designed for buffalo health and feeding management, particularly for agricultural extension professionals (AEPs) in selected Philippine municipalities. These apps aim to address challenges in buffalo management, such as limited access to veterinary expertise, personalized recommendations, organized data, communication channels, and difficulties in calculating ideal feed compositions and meeting the distinct needs of smallholder farmers and AEPs.

ESCÚCHAME: Economic Security for Honduran women entrepreneurs through Education and Male Engagement Final Evaluation Report

Reducing Barriers to Women's Economic Empowerment in El Salvador and Honduras Gender, Conflict, and Power Dynamics Training: Lessons Learned

Women Entrepreneurs in Northern Ghana Gain Access to Integrated Services via Agent Networks (WE GAIN) Project: Final Outcomes Evaluation

Reducing Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in El Salvador and Honduras – Final Evaluation Report

Lessons Learned from the Integration of Gender-Based Violence Mitigation and Male Engagement Strategies for the Escúchame Project

Catalyzing Sustainable Change through Female Agent Networks: Grameen Foundation Evidence Summary

In pursuit of its mission to enable poor people, especially women, to create a world without poverty and hunger, Grameen Foundation is increasingly investing in female agent networks to expand access to DFS and non-financial services. This evidence summary provides an overview of the outcomes Grameen has measured through its support of female agents as a two-for-one strategy to achieve sustainable financial inclusion among unbanked populations and invest in the power of women.

Dismantling Bias: Lessons Learned from Grameen Foundation’s Gender and Power Dynamics Workshops within Women and Girls Empowered (WAGE) Initiatives

To address and safeguard women from the harmful norms that limit women’s economic engagement in society and that can result in gender-based violence (GBV), Grameen Foundation USA (Grameen) conducts a participatory and experiential-learning methodology, known as the Gender and Power Dynamics (GPD) workshop. The workshop is implemented with local partners as a starting point for addressing gender, equity, and diversity within integrated women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming.

Between, 2020 and 2022, under the WAGE Global Consortium, Grameen provided GPD workshops in Honduras, El Salvador, Ghana, Eswatini, and Timor-Leste to key managerial, technical, and administrative staff of 24 partner organizations (Microfinance Institutions and Non-governmental Organizations) and in some cases other local stakeholders.