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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.
Management Development Program and Training of Trainers, MENA
Event Date:
February 13, 2012 - February 18, 2012
Location:
Rabat, Morocco
The six-day Management Development Program and Training of Trainers, co-hosted by WWB network member Al Amana, addresses the key concepts of managing for results and aims to develop transformational skills for MFI managers.
Topics in the course include: Understanding your Style, Getting Commitment to Action, Coaching for Improved Performance Appraising for Results and Motivating for Peak Performance. The course is action-oriented—participants are given the opportunity to immediately test their understanding of concepts as well as try out emerging skills by simulating actions that they might take in given situations. The simulation, known as the “In Basket Exercise,” draws upon relevant microfinance cases to drive learning. Target for this course are mid-level managers of microfinance institutions who are directly responsible for managing, supervising or training staff.