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WWB Network Member Kashf Foundation Responds to Pakistan Flood
The recent flooding in northern Pakistan has created a national calamity of staggering proportions. Many Pakistani organizations are striving to help, including WWB network member Kashf Foundation. Kashf is working on two levels. It has mounted an immediate relief effort and is seeking funds to supply critically-needed food and basic medicines.
MFW (Jordan) Pioneers the Region's First Gender-Sensitive Microinsurance Product
In May of 2010, WWB’s network member Microfund for Women in Jordan (MFW) introduced a first-of-its-kind insurance product that helps low-income women better cope with the financial burdens associated with a medical emergency.
WWB Network Member Shakti (Bangladesh) is Ranked #3 on the MIX 2009 Global 100
Ujjivan Crosses Half Million Customers & Awarded Gold Certificate in Social Performance Reporting
Download October's 2009 Ujjivan monthly newsletter on PDF for Ujjivan news including crossing half million customers & receiving the Gold Certificate in Social Performance Reporting award.
Women’s World Banking and Citi collaborate to build the capacity of a leading Microfinance Institution in Jordan
November 2009 - Women’s World Banking (WWB) is a global network of 40 microfinance institutions (MFIs) working in 28 countries to bring financial services and information to poor entrepreneurs, especially women. The network serves 20 million micro-entrepreneurs, over 70% of whom are women.
WWB is proud to acknowledge its network members and trustees who have recently won awards or been acknowledged for their accomplishments
Kenya Women Finance Trust wins the 2009 CCA Business Excellence Award for Financing
Financial Times: Pension Funds Turn to Low-risk Microfinance
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WWB Board Member profiled in new book, "Half the Sky"
The authors are Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn who undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to document the oppression of women and girls, as well as introduce us to extraordinary people dedicated to changing that situation and creating hope.
WWB Network Member, Kashf Foundation, featured in new book written by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
"Women hold up half the sky," write the husband-wife duo, "yet that's mostly an aspiration: in a large slice of the world, girls are uneducated and women marginalized, and it's not an accident that those same countries are disproportionately mired in poverty.." Giving a voice to poor women, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential.
Hillary Clinton Visits WWB Trustee Ela Bhatt and WWB network member, SEWA Bank
On Saturday, July 18, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a stop in Mumbai during her three-day tour of India at the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a WWB network member. Primarily a trade union for undocumented women workers, SEWA provides a wide range of services to its members, including a full range of financial services through SEWA Bank, group insurance, and skills training. SEWA was founded by Ela Bhatt who is also one of the founders of WWB.
Kashf Foundation Awarded the One Woman Initiative
We are proud to announce that Kashf Foundation has been awarded the One Women Initiative, which is a public private partnership between the United States Department of State, USAID and the One Women Initiative, to recognize the work of institutions that promote economic equity, justice and women’s participation in the Muslim world.