Topics Gender equality

Cheque in: Increasing access to the formal financial system

This report seeks to identify the barriers to expanding access to and usage of formal financial services in Jamaica, with a view to remedying them.

Wage digitization in Egypt’s garment sector: Impact for business, and for female and male workers at Lotus Garments Group

This report shares the impact of a wage digitization pilot initiative at Lotus Garments Group, a clothing manufacturer in Egypt. The initiative, the result of a partnership between Mastercard, Levi Strauss & Co and BSR’s HERproject, supported over 8,700 workers…

Promoting decent work by digitizing wages responsibly in Jordan

In partnership with Better Work, ILO, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Better than Cash Alliance (BTCA) documented the business case for responsible wage digitization in the Jordanian garment industry and how Jordan can build on the upward trend in digital…

Advancing digital financial inclusion for garment workers in India: Impact for women and business

This report shares the benefits for garment sector workers and business following participation in HERfinance in India.

Garment sector wage digitization: Practical guides

A series of practical guides detailing insights and lessons for wage digitization for global buyers, financial service providers employers, and financial inclusion and gender practitioners.

Within reach: How digital wages that work for women can support Bangladesh’s economic future

Drawing on the experience of the HERproject Digital Wages Program, this report sets out three possible future scenarios of how digital wages may evolve for women garment workers in Bangladesh over the next 10 years. It offers recommendations for action…

Digitization for improved governance

This document provides an overview of how countries have leveraged the spread of digital technologies and infrastructure to improve governance, including by digitizing identification systems, social safety net services such as unconditional cash payments, and government response during emergencies (including…

The impacts of digital financial services on women’s economic empowerment

This document summarizes the relationship between access to digital financial services and women’s economic empowerment. Topics include the mechanisms through which that access can help expand the breadth of women’s support networks, expedite transfers during periods of need, empower women…

On her own account: How strengthening women’s financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms

This research leverages a randomized controlled trial covering 197 village clusters in northern Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme typically deposited women workers’ wages in the bank account of the man head of household.…

Wage Digitization Digest

The Wage Digitization Digest was a monthly desk-based intelligence report produced by Synergos from May 2020 – June 2021 that sourced from English-language media spanning a monthly timeframe specified in the digest. The report covered the impact on workers during…