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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.
Sarah Buitoni, Senior Associate, Center for Microfinance Leadership guest blogs about innovation and learning from the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference
Throughout the Value Chain Development track at the 2010 SEEP Annual Conference in Washington, DC a clear message from panelists was that it is impossible for organizations to deliver innovative results without creating more learning-centered institutional cultures. Panelists spoke about continuous learning as a key to both customer-centricity and the ability of organizations to adapt and promote innovation. The complete blog post is available here