UNCDF’s Inclusive Digital Economies (IDE) strategy for 2022 – 2025 envisions an inclusive, middle income, green and digital economy in Rwanda that leaves no one behind by leveraging digital and innovative financing solutions for women, youth, and smallholder farmers’ economic empowerment.

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[This is a webinar recording from 27 July 2023.]

The gender gap in the adoption of fintech and digital remittances is significant. Recent research by UNCDF indicates that six (6) out of 10 remittance recipients are women, however, only four (4) out of 10 recipients registered to use digital remittances constitute women. Women often rely on more expensive, less secure, and sometimes slower cash-based methods of remittances, citing concerns about safety and distrust of digital options. This has a significant and long-term impact on the financial health of women remittance customers and their families, which also dampens the development potential of global remittance flows.

As part of UNCDF’s Gender Collaborative for Remittances (Gender Colab series), this webinar explored different and complementary approaches to catalyzing innovation in gender-smart remittances. Speakers from UNCDF, Roots of Impact, and Women's World Banking presented from their areas of work and discussed powerful enabling factors that support innovation in meeting the needs of women remittance customers.
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