Topics Gender equality

Reaching financial equality for women

This slide deck presents a 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to rebuild stronger after COVID-19 by prioritizing women’s digital financial inclusion

Digital wage payments: Challenges and opportunities

On 3 February, IOE, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization and the Better Than Cash Alliance, organised a digital conference on the opportunities and challenges in digital wage payments, as well as on lessons learned in the field.

HERfinance audio files

HERproject has developed audio messages that provide information about using financial services and money management, which can be played on the public address (PA) system.

Utilizing technology to increase women’s financial capability and ensure gender-inclusive digital finance in the global supply chain

This post discusses the use of tech learning tools to support workers, especially women, transition to digital wages and help them to access, use, and ultimately benefit from their new payroll accounts.

Evidence of digital financial services impacting women’s economic empowerment

This report develops a conceptual framework to explore the causal mechanisms linking women’s economic empowerment and digital financial services, reviews the empirical evidence for each of these mechanisms, identifies challenges observed in interpreting the evidence, and highlights a set of…

Digital wage payments: How a worker-focused approach benefits both factories and workers

This webinar is the second in the Global Learning Exchange Series on Digital Payments, hosted by the International Labor Organization (ILO), International Finance Corporation (IFC), the IFC/ILO Better Work Programme, and the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance. The main objectives…

HERfinance digital wages videos and animations

HERfinance Digital Wages videos and animation, developed with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and QuizRR, are part of HERfinance Digital Wages Tech Learning Tool. They give engaging guidance and information for workers around financial services and improving financial health. They…

HERfinance Digital Wages Tech Learning Tool for Workers

This gamified tech learning tool developed with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and QuizRR uses engaging films, quizzes, and animation to support workers to increase their financial health and benefit from digital wages. The learning tool includes 6 training modules,…

HERfinance Digital Wages Curriculum

HERfinance Digital Wages Curriculum contains a collection of 90-minute training modules and materials on different financial topics designed for the factory setting to be used during the transition from cash to digital wages and to improve financial health.

COVID-19: Impact and challenges of digital wage payment in the global garment industry

Millions of garment workers and their families are severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries where with social protection systems are underdeveloped. Around the world, several governments are leading by example by implementing policy and regulatory changes that…