MICROFINANCE EVENT: Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Presents Bridging the Gap: Financial Policy Solutions for Women in Africa, July 22, 2015, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Event Name: Bridging the Gap: Financial Policy Solutions for Women in Africa

Event Date: July 22, 2015

Event Location: Hotel President, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Event Summary: The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a Malaysia-based network of financial regulators, will host this one-day conference immediately preceding the 3rd Annual African Mobile Phone Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI) Leaders’ Roundtable. The purpose is to create a forum for financial regulators to discuss and increase awareness of policies that are intended to facilitate an increase in financial inclusion for women to help close the “financial inclusion gender gap”[1].

Participation: This event is open by invitation only.

Background on Organizer: Founded in 2008, AFI is a network of policy making and regulatory institutions from developing and emerging economies that aims to increase access to financial services for poor people. AFI uses a “peer-to-peer” model through which member institutions share knowledge and identify policy solutions for their home countries. AFI also provides grants to members to support policy implementation. As of April 2014, AFI’s 124 member institutions represent 95 countries. AFI’s headquarters are located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Event Theme and Topics: The event will be divided into the following panels: (1) “Women’s Financial Inclusion: What’s at Stake, What are the Barriers and What’s Being Done?” in which attendees will discuss best practices as well as the causes of the gender gap with regard to financial inclusion in Africa; (2) “Private Sector Initiatives to Reach Women at Scale” which will examine how digitization of products and services can reach more female clients; (3) “Closing the Gap: Policy Responses in Addressing Consumer Level Barriers,” the aim of which is to address barriers and biases that prevent women from actively participating in financial markets and to discuss policies that impact financial education, literacy and consumer protection; (4) “Closing the Gap: Market Infrastructure and Enabling Regulatory Environment” which will discuss policies and reforms that impact the infrastructure of financial markets.

Event Website: http://www.afi-global.org/news-events/network-news/afi-events/bridging-gap-financial-policy-solutions-women-africa

For additional information, you may contact AFI via email at info[at]afi-global.org or by phone at +60 3 2776 9000.

By Meredith Steih, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

[1] Bridging the Gap: Financial Policy Solutions for Women in Africa, Event Website, http://www.afi-global.org/news-events/network-news/afi-events/bridging-gap-financial-policy-solutions-women-africa

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