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This project involved providing support to the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in the implementation of a Gender-Based Institutional Technical Support Mechanism, for financial services providers (FSPs) in Myanmar.
The aim of this mechanism was to support FSPs to better serve women clients and enhance women’s participation within their workforce. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) supported these activities as part of its Gender Equality Fund which supports investments that promote gender equality in the Pacific and South-East Asia.
The project involved designing and facilitating a training workshop in Yangon with representatives from FSPs on Targeting the Women’s Market and Promoting Workforce Gender Diversity: The Untapped Market Opportunity for Financial Service Providers.
Additionally, we designed a toolkit comprising an institutional gender self-assessment tool (GSAT) and a standardised process with facilitator guides to support FSPs in reviewing and evaluating the gender-responsiveness of their existing management approaches to effectively serve the women’s market and promote women’s workforce participation and leadership.
As part of technical support provided to a digital financial service provider under this mechanism, we designed and conducted focus group discussions with garment sector workers to support their financial product development.
In addition, we developed a policy analysis tool to review national financial inclusion related policies through a gender lens to inform UNCDF advice to financial policymakers and government officials.
“Through integrating gender equality and women’s economic empowerment considerations into institutional policies and practices, FSPs can enhance their own organization’s performance, better serve women’s financial needs, and increase corporate profitability and market reach.”
© Katherine S Miles Consulting Ltd (t/a Anthropogender)
