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What makes Women’s Bank special

We are a strong community Founded in 2007 by Finnish women, Women’s Bank is a community of donors, volunteers, partners...

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A group of four people sit on the floor of a room with bamboo walls around a small table covered in papers. They are talking. On the wall hangs a banner with writing in Burmese and the logos of the Kaw Lah Foundation, Women's Bank and FCA

Women-led businesses are bringing change in Myanmar

Nestled in the Kayah-Karen Mountains range are the Kayin Highlands. The area has been plagued by armed conflicts between the...

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Tyttö katsoo kaukoputkella.

“Never give up” – Sreynut’s story

Nhoch Sreynut, a 20-year-old civil construction student, was born as the second daughter of a family in Banteay Meanchay province...

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Tyttö katsoo tietokoneen ruutua.

Sreypov’s dream is to work as an ICT teacher

23-year-old Noeun Sreypov was born in the village of Svaychantun, but she and her brother moved, which is an hour’s...

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Fly larvae help Nepalese women create innovative sustainable business

FCA and Womens’ Bank BUZZ project in Nepal uses larvae from the Black Soldier Fly as alternative animal feed due...

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Kakada’s dream is to support her own village community

On Monday mornings, Noeun Kakada‘s mother rides her first-born’s by motorbike around 40 kilometers from the Thmey village to the...

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Nainen nojaa parvekkeen kaiteeseen.

Hold on to your dreams – Sokna’s story

In the morning, you can hear the rumbling of motorbikes from the yard of a vocational school near the center...

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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...

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Nainen hymyilee pensaiden keskellä.

Opportunities drive change

A few years ago, Daw Thein Kywe, 49, decided to join the Women’s Bank Saving and Loan Group in her...

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Nainen työstää taikinaa pesuvadissa.

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...

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