Archive for 2022

Supporting girls and women in the climate crisis

In Cambodia, we train women to cultivate climate-friendly crops and use water-saving irrigation methods. In Kenya, women learn to make money with recycled materials and tackle environmental issues affecting the urban slums. In Nepal, we are testing the production of black soldier fly larvae for animal feed. Every Women’s Bank project promotes practices that protect […]

Opportunities drive change

A few years ago, Daw Thein Kywe, 49, decided to join the Women’s Bank Saving and Loan Group in her home village in Rakhine State on the west coast of Myanmar. It was a decision that changed her life. Inspired by the saving and loan group, she began to set aside 3,000 Myanmar kyat (2 […]

Madina’s family bake their way out of Kampala slums

CLAY PATHS crisscross a densely built area of low-rise housing and market stalls. Walking on the streets of the Ugandan capital Kampala, our feet raise clouds of red dust and acrid smoke from burning rubbish irritates the throat. Some boda boda motorcycle taxis fly past us, but most people walk because it’s the cheapest and […]

5+1 things everyone should know about women’s work

1. Work is a human right Every woman should have the right to decide their own path. Poverty and inequality still make this a distant dream to many women. Most of the 700 million people living in extreme poverty are women. 2. Every woman should have the right to make decisions People depending on their […]