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Pobre Gloria: Desarrollar la resiliencia frente a choques y tensiones constantes

Posted on 06/23/2025

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Why Holistic Solutions Are Needed To Overcome Shocks And Stresses

Posted on 06/20/2025

A woman cuts coconuts, a pile of shells in the background. A man is behind the pile, helping her.

Over A Decade Of Inclusive Growth And Innovation In The Philippines

Posted on 06/05/2025

Pictured is Grameen Foundation Leadership Advisory Council Member, Reshma Gupta. Reshma has guest authored a blog about the connection between women's health and strong economies.

Investing In Women Leads To Healthier Communities

Posted on 05/18/2025

A group of two women are standing and two are seated. They are inside a conference room for the Grameen Foundation strategy launch.

Grameen Foundation Launches Invest In HER Power Strategy In Ghana

Posted on 03/26/2025

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Investing In The Future

Posted on 03/12/2025

Nanay Nelia is a coconut farmer in the Philippines. She is sitting down and wearing a black tshirt.

Honoring Women Like Nanay On International Women's Day 2025

Posted on 03/08/2025

Impact 2024

Posted on 03/06/2025

Nanay Nelia is an 81 year old coconut farmer in the Philippines. She is sitting on a bench about to be interviewed By Grameen Foundation President and CEO, Zubaida Bai

Finding The Light

Posted on 02/25/2025

Ending 2024 With Purpose, Entering 2025 With Strength

Ending 2024 With Purpose, Entering 2025 With Strength

Posted on 01/08/2025

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Are We Safeguarding From Fraud Or Financial Abuse, Or Both?

Posted on 10/10/2024

A young woman in the Philippines holds a baby while sitting outside on a low porch.

From Girlhood To Womanhood Too Soon

Posted on 10/08/2024

A woman stands in the center of a large group of seated people, teaching them about Grameen's power dynamics approach. The audience is engaged with the speaker. All are outside and sitting under a tree.

Invest In HER Power, Grameen Foundation's New Strategy

Posted on 10/03/2024

A muted image of a small island surrounded by ocean and clouds has text in white font that says "Grameen Foundation's BELUU (Building Economic Inclusion via the BlUe Economy) Innovation Grant 2nd Bath Of Winners Congratulations!"

BELUU Announces The Second Batch Of Innovation Grant Winners

Posted on 10/01/2024

A dark rainbow of colors makes up the background with white text that states " Fighting For A Safe Home Major Gifts Office, Nadeige Uwamba shines a light on the ongoing fight against gender based violence in the home"

Fighting For A Safe Home

Posted on 09/19/2024

A rainbow background of blues and purples has white text with the words "Will The United Nations Summit Of The Future Be Another Meeting Or A Plan Of Action?"

We Need A Call To Action At The UN Summit Of The Future

Posted on 09/17/2024

Grameen Foundation Facilitates An Outdoor Dialogue Training For A Group Of Seated People

Grameen Foundation Advances Women's Enterprises In Northern Ghana Through $10 Spark Program

Posted on 08/16/2024

Grameen Foundation President Zubaida Bai reflects on a recent report. This image has a rainbow of colors as the background and white text with the words "It Takes A Village - Zubaida Bai Reflects On The Women, Business and the Law Report 2024

It Takes A Village

Posted on 08/01/2024

Grameen Foundation shares blog 7 in our Program SAFE series. A dark rainbow of blues and purples is shown in the background with the words "Unpacking Our Financial Ancestry: Managing Money As A Couple" in white.

Unpacking Our Financial Ancestry: Managing Money As A Couple

Posted on 07/11/2024

Grameen Foundation shares blog 6 in our Program SAFE series. A dark rainbow of blues and purples is shown in the background with the words "Signs Of Financial Abuse"

Signs Of Financial Abuse

Posted on 06/27/2024

Grameen Foundation shares blog 5 in our Program SAFE series. A dark rainbow of blues and purples is shown in the background with the words "Designing Financial Services with Safety in Mind"

Designing Financial Services With Safety In Mind

Posted on 06/21/2024

Grameen Foundation Refugee Finance Program supports women savings groups. This photos shows one of the savings group of five women seated at a table outside.

Refugee Finance Program Five Years Later

Posted on 06/20/2024

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Determining The Right Starting Point For Addressing Financial Abuse

Posted on 06/13/2024

Grameen Foundation shares blog 3 in our Program SAFE series. A dark rainbow of blues and purples is shown in the background with the words Grameen Foundation Program SAFE Taking Action Against Financial Abuse is shown in white

Taking Action Against Financial Abuse

Posted on 06/06/2024

Grameen Foundation Blog Announcing Part Two of Our Program SAFE Blog Series. The background is a dark rainbow of purple and blue colors with the words "Program SAFE How Harmful Gender Norms Encourage Financial Abuse" in white

How Harmful Gender Norms Encourage Financial Abuse

Posted on 05/30/2024

Grameen Foundation Announces The Launch Of Program SAFE. A dark rainbow of colors shows text in white that says"Program: SAFE Safeguarding women from Abuse in the Financial Ecosystem A comprehensive initiative aiming to raise awareness, provide support services, and build a global coalition to safeguard against financial abuse in all its forms"

Announcing The Launch Of Program SAFE

Posted on 05/22/2024

Grameen Foundation partners sort coconut meat that is stored on a re-drying facility made of wood

How A Farmer Cooperative Is Overcoming Challenges And Improving Their Livelihoods

Posted on 05/07/2024

Grameen Foundation President Contributes to Health Equity Report

Posted on 04/30/2024

An Indian woman stands outside and discusses the sustainable agriculture practices she has learned from Grameen Foundation and AgriPath

Grameen Foundation and the AgriPath Provide Sustainable Agriculture Practices

Posted on 04/30/2024

A group of women are seated on the floor, surrounded by bright green vegetables that they are sorting. Grameen Foundation supports women farmers with tools and skills to grow their farming capacity.

Grameen Foundation 2023 Impact Brief

Posted on 03/12/2024

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International Women's Day Webinar March 8, 2024

Posted on 03/12/2024

Grameen Foundation team members stand around a motorcycle in Uganda

From Lagos to Davos: A Journey of Resilience and Hope

Posted on 02/22/2024

Four images are shown highlighting the work Grameen is supporting in the Pacific Islands such as fishing, eco tourism, and community economies

Digital Exchange Empowering the Pacific Region (DEEPR)

Posted on 01/30/2024

Grameen Foundation Director of Major Gifts Visits Nakivale Refugee Settlement

Posted on 01/24/2024

An End Of Year Message From Grameen Foundation's President

Posted on 01/16/2024

Economic Violence Blog

What Is Economic Violence and What Can Financial Service Providers Do About It?

Posted on 10/19/2023

Comfort, a Ghanaian cocoa farmer, looks proudly at the camera. She's standing next to a few of her cocoa trees.

"I am a more powerful woman than before."

Posted on 10/16/2023

Group photo of BELUU Innovation Grant Launch Event attendees

Creating opportunity for vulnerable women in the Pacific islands

Posted on 10/06/2023

A woman wearing a pink sari smiles at the camera. In the background is a black goat.

Agent Gender Matters, but How to Recruit and Retain Women Agents?

Posted on 08/28/2023

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Creating jobs and expanding financial inclusion in refugee settlements

Posted on 07/12/2023

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Dismantling Bias: Lessons Learned from Grameen Foundation’s Gender and Power Dynamics Workshops

Posted on 07/06/2023

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Listen to Me and Support Me

Posted on 05/24/2023

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BELUU announces the first batch of Innovation Grant winners!

Posted on 05/18/2023

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Unaddressed and Unacceptable Sacrifices: The Role of Financial Services for Food Security and Nutrition

Posted on 05/11/2023

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We don’t empower her. We empower her ecosystem.

Posted on 05/10/2023

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Meet Sylvia: Grameen’s work starts with walking in her shoes

Posted on 04/12/2023

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Towards a More Sustainable Livelihood for Business Correspondent Agents

Posted on 04/03/2023

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2023 International Women's Day Event Recap: Invest in Her Power

Posted on 03/14/2023

Ayisha, a Grameen Agent in northern Ghana, assists a client in her kiosk.

Coming Forward: The Role of Mobile Money Agents in Driving Women’s Financial Inclusion

Posted on 02/24/2023

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Fewer ‘Heropreneurs,’ More Heroic Women: Grameen Foundation’s New CEO Discusses Her Vision for the Organization – And the Broader Financial Inclusion Sector

Posted on 01/03/2023

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Grameen Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of EmpowHERment

Posted on 10/28/2022

Ayisha, a mobile money agent in Ghana, assists her client, Fuseini, who is wearing a blue flowered head covering

Promoting Women’s Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Money Enterprises in Ghana

Posted on 09/14/2022

Comfort sitting in her door step with two daughters

Women like Comfort are seen as victims of climate change. You can help them become the solution.

Posted on 09/02/2022

Malti, a Community Agent in Bihar, India, sits at her desk with a laptop. She is smiling at the camera.

Augmented Reality for Financial Literacy: An Innovative Approach to Delivering Immersive Customer Education

Posted on 08/24/2022

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New Survey Results Show Grameen Refugee Programs Are Gaining Traction

Posted on 08/18/2022

Malti, a Community Agent in Bihar, India, sits at her desk with a laptop. She is smiling at the camera.

What Do Community Agents Need to Succeed? Findings From Our Research in India

Posted on 07/22/2022

Grameen Foundation supports women farmers with climate-smart tools to aid in their farming production. Pictured is a Grameen agent supporting a woman farmer with digital services.

India’s Women Business Correspondents are Struggling: Three Steps to Increase Their Viability – And Boost Financial Inclusion

Posted on 05/12/2022

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Meet our Digital Financial Services Innovation Prize Winners: Catalyzing Change in Eswatini Through Digital Tools

Posted on 05/11/2022

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Child Labor: An Unintended Consequence of Women’s Entrepreneurship?

Posted on 05/09/2022

Madrigal, a beneficiary from the Philippines, at her shop.

Cryptocurrency and Women's Empowerment: A Success Story

Posted on 04/14/2022

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Growing Her Future: How digital farming can reduce gender divides in agriculture.

Posted on 03/31/2022

Women in Srilanka looking at Mobile Device

WAGE Sri Lanka: Holistically Empowering Women Leaders

Posted on 03/18/2022

Two women stand in a field in India.

Connecting Women to Agriculture Digital Services: Pathways to Scale

Posted on 03/17/2022

A Grameen Agent in India helps a client access digital funds using her fingerprint. The Agent is a woman in a dark blue and green sari. The client is a woman in a pink sari. They are on a dirt sidewalk, next to a basket of fruit and some burlap sacks.

The Invisible Women in India’s Farmer Producer Organizations

Posted on 03/11/2022

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New Online Toolkit Expands ‘Do No Harm’ Best Practices to Include Child Labor

Posted on 02/25/2022

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Innovative Tools for Smallholder Farmers across Africa and Asia

Posted on 01/24/2022

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"Being a DFS+ Agent means helping community members live exemplary lives."

Posted on 12/13/2021

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It's complicated: Mitigating risk for women entrepreneurs

Posted on 11/03/2021

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Building Forward Together

Posted on 10/27/2021

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Accelerating Digital Transformation in Agriculture

Posted on 10/25/2021

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Healthy, wealthy, and wise kids: Mitigating the risk of child labor through health financing.

Posted on 09/23/2021

A Grameen Agent in India helps a client access digital funds using her fingerprint. The Agent is a woman in a dark blue and green sari. The client is a woman in a pink sari. They are on a dirt sidewalk, next to a basket of fruit and some burlap sacks.

Grameen Mittras: Fostering financial independence, one woman at a time.

Posted on 09/15/2021

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Reducing gender-based violence for women entrepreneurs in northern Ghana.

Posted on 08/10/2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Bill Engalls https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/49953858346

Dear Big Tech leaders: Instead of harvesting our data and launching yourselves into space, how about making life better on Earth?

Posted on 08/06/2021

Mary Sadia works at her new restaurant in Bidi Bidi refugee camp

With training and financial access, women refugees achieve a lot with a little.

Posted on 06/16/2021

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Why Grameen Foundation is joining the ILO’s Alliance 8.7 to End Child Labor.

Posted on 05/28/2021

A Filipino farmer gazes out onto his coconut field, which has been ravaged by a typhoon.

The continuing toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers in the Philippines.

Posted on 05/19/2021

Indian woman and daughter strong and proud working in field

Why do we focus on empowering poor women?

Posted on 05/12/2021

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Preparing community health workers to deploy the COVID-19 vaccine: Five lessons on digital training learned from the Ebola crisis.

Posted on 05/10/2021

A woman wearing a mask holds her child, also wearing a mask, in Mumbai, India.

Statement on India and COVID-19

Posted on 05/05/2021

Photo Credit: FinDev Gateway. Woman sweeping, Nicaragua. Photo by Antonio Aragon Renuncio, 2016 CGAP Photo Contest.

Can financial service providers help reduce intimate partner violence?

Posted on 03/03/2021

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Maps to the Future: How can soil map data be used by smallholder cocoa farmers?

Posted on 02/01/2021

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Results of Grameen Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Program

Posted on 12/10/2020

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Help during COVID crisis becomes ladder up to financial inclusion for poor women

Posted on 12/08/2020

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'On the Basis of Sex'

Posted on 09/21/2020

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From Ebola to COVID-19: Arming frontline workers with truth

Posted on 09/04/2020

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What is $100 amid a global pandemic? ‘The answer to a prayer.’

Posted on 08/25/2020

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COVID-19 in the Philippines: A Q&A with Community Agent Jenny Gramo.

Posted on 04/20/2020

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Grameen Foundation creates “COVID-19 Emergency Relief.”

Posted on 04/08/2020

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A lever for change.

Posted on 03/05/2020

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WomenLink Philippines is catalyzing economic empowerment among poor and low-income women.

Posted on 03/04/2020

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Grameen and Digipay partner to teach financial literacy to empower women.

Posted on 02/27/2020

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Winning the war against Ebola requires a two-front battle.

Posted on 02/11/2020

Two women CAN Agents learning online

Lessons in designing online education to empower women.

Posted on 01/02/2020

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These Ideas must die: Notions impeding financial inclusion progress.

Posted on 11/04/2019

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A Ugandan refugee camp hosts potential for financial inclusion.

Posted on 08/05/2019

Woman and her two children

How can we strengthen women’s economic empowerment in Central America? With a $368K matching fund and wrap-around support.

Posted on 04/16/2019

Shopkeeper escaping poverty

An entrepreneur by any other name.

Posted on 03/15/2019

Farmers looking at Farm Plan

Coffee, cocoa, and the cutting edge.

Posted on 03/07/2019

Women learning about Financial Literacy

This International Women’s Day, let’s use technology to advance #balanceforbetter.

Posted on 03/07/2019

Indian women enjoying learning

Making every breakthrough count.

Posted on 12/14/2018

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Sindhu: A woman empowered through financial services.

Posted on 10/19/2018

Women farmers ending hunger

End hunger, support women and smallholder farmers.

Posted on 10/16/2018

Ghana farmers using tablet

Empowering the new data citizens.

Posted on 10/02/2018

Cocoa farmers working with beans

Paving the way for data-driven agriculture: Who's your farmer?

Posted on 09/27/2018

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Are savings groups for vulnerable populations a good idea?

Posted on 08/29/2018

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Delicate, yet resilient: Women’s savings groups weather a drought in Burkina Faso.

Posted on 08/08/2018

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Educating tomorrow’s leaders starts with her financial breakthrough today.

Posted on 08/08/2018

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India’s biometrics payment system shows benefits and challenges in project for women’s financial inclusion.

Posted on 07/24/2018

African women farmers at work

Can we end poverty and preserve the planet?

Posted on 06/19/2018

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Africa’s growing agri-tech calls for rapid policy response.

Posted on 06/12/2018

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Big data and smallholder farmers.

Posted on 04/17/2018

Smiling girl after gender equality training

What boosts gender equality in developing countries?

Posted on 03/07/2018

United in the Fight Against Poverty

Posted on 10/25/2016

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