Comments on: International Women’s Day 2013: Where Are We With Women’s Access to Financial Services? http://cfi-blog.org/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-2013-where-are-we-with-womens-access-to-financial-services/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Guim Kagl http://cfi-blog.org/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-2013-where-are-we-with-womens-access-to-financial-services/#comment-13491 Fri, 31 May 2013 01:20:55 +0000 http://cfi-blog.org/?p=10290#comment-13491 I am working in Papua New Guinea where 80% of the population live in very remote areas where communicaiton is very limited. Furthermore, there are pockets of population in the urban areas who are illiterate but can use the mobile phones. With the introduction of mobile phone in the country, most women can now communicate with folks in town and organise for remittance and other business activities. I am looking for a donor or philanthropists who can help in providing seed capital for rural women use the mobile phone as a tool to engage in income generating activities as well as trade, bank and other activities. Let us make it our business to represent the unheard, unlinked and unbanked women whom we often talked about as rural women in our many academic disucssions.
Any links or connections will be greatly appreciated.
Guim

]]> By: Merene http://cfi-blog.org/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-2013-where-are-we-with-womens-access-to-financial-services/#comment-13370 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:19 +0000 http://cfi-blog.org/?p=10290#comment-13370 Thank you very much Will and Guim! Indeed there is great potential and I am sure we can all work towards filling identified needs.

]]> By: Guim Kagl http://cfi-blog.org/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-2013-where-are-we-with-womens-access-to-financial-services/#comment-13104 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:31:36 +0000 http://cfi-blog.org/?p=10290#comment-13104 This is an excellent post which gives me a birdseye view of where women are and the potential for how women can utilise the mobile phone to be very financial inclusive
Guim

]]> By: Dr. William Derban http://cfi-blog.org/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-2013-where-are-we-with-womens-access-to-financial-services/#comment-10712 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:24:45 +0000 http://cfi-blog.org/?p=10290#comment-10712 Excellent post Merene,

The information is certainly useful and the findings interesting. Having worked with many savings groups run by hard working women, I have witnessed the way savings can transform lives. Women need to be the centre of our discussions and debates, if we are to provide better financial products to help them. Most of them have great ideas as to what products they need.

The Data Explorer is a great tool which will help us understand the unbanked better and the Financial Inclusion 2020 campaign is certainly motiving us to find innovative solutions. You are right, mobile technology will play a major role in this. At the rate at which the technology is changing, who knows what new gadget will be at the fore front of financial inclusion in 2020.

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