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Why Gender Diversity Matters
Gender diversity matters in microfinance. WWB champions gender diversity because we believe that diverse perspectives lead to stronger decisions and healthier, more vibrant organizations. Incorporating women’s voices when designing and delivering microfinance products is particularly important when a majority of clients are women. Equally as important, microfinance clients often speak of the inspiration they derive from seeing powerful women leaders in the organizations that serve them. How best to achieve diversity? The answer lies in leadership and technical skill development of individual, high-potential leaders as well as in organizational transformations to ensure that all women and men work in environments where they can perform, excel and lead.
Featured Publication
“Transforming the Landscape of Leadership in Microfinance: Maintaining the Focus on Women” introduces WWB’s new methodology for helping MFIs support gender diversity at all levels of their institution. WWB has expanded its Women’s Leadership Development Program, which works with individuals, to include a tool that focuses on the challenges and opportunities microfinance institutions face in the attraction, retention, and promotion of qualified women staff members - the Organizational Gender Assessment. Now available in English and Spanish.
Center For Microfinance Leadership Graduates Recognized for Excellence in Code of Ethics
The Center for Microfinance Leadership is happy to announce that the WWB network member pledge and the codes of ethics from Ujjivan (India), Enda inter-arabe (Tunisia), FMM Popayán (Colombia), Kashf Foundation (Pakistan), Mibanco (Peru) and Banco FIE (Bolivia) were among the 14 MFI and microfinance association codes of ethics selected for their excellence by the Smart Campaign. In particular, the Smart Campaign commended the strong guidelines for how to treat clients fairly and respectfully. Additionally, one member of the Smart Campaign team remarked that no one else in the industry has created a tool like the WWB network’s Pledge and Practice Survey. These codes of ethics, as well as a new resource “How to Develop an Institutional Code of Ethics,” will be published on the Smart Campaign website as examples for the industry to follow.