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The article by Accion discusses efforts to digitally empower women in rural India through initiatives like those led by Annapurna Finance. It highlights how digital engagement tools, such as WhatsApp and voice-based chatbots, allow women to efficiently manage their financial activities. These tools save time and simplify access to loans, essential for women juggling both household and agricultural responsibilities. #inclusion #digital #financialinclusion #women #womeninclusion #transformation ? Impulso la transformación digital de IFs comprometidas con la inclusión financiera de poblaciones vulnerables ??https://lnkd.in/gzRDwfd4

### Exploring Successful Global Social Enterprise Models In today's global economy, social enterprises have become an indispensable part of addressing pressing social issues. These businesses do not only generate profit, but they also focus on creating positive impacts on communities and the environment. Let's discover some successful global social enterprise models to understand the power and potential of combining business objectives with social goals. **1. Grameen Bank - Bangladesh** Grameen Bank is a quintessential example of a microfinance model that has helped millions of impoverished women in Bangladesh escape poverty. The bank provides small loans to women in rural areas without requiring collateral, encouraging them to start small businesses. This model has proven extremely effective in boosting the local economy and has been replicated worldwide. **2. TOMS Shoes - USA** TOMS Shoes is a well-known footwear brand with its "One for One" program, where for every pair of shoes sold, TOMS donates a pair to a child in need in a developing country. This business model has not only helped TOMS build a strong brand image but also provided practical benefits to millions of children globally. **3. d.light - International** d.light is a social enterprise specializing in developing and distributing solar energy products to households in areas lacking electricity across the globe. d.light's products not only improve living conditions for millions but also contribute to environmental protection through the use of clean and renewable energy sources. **4. Sanergy - Kenya** Sanergy is a social enterprise in Kenya focused on addressing sanitation issues in the slums of Nairobi. They build and operate clean, modern toilets and then safely and sustainably process the waste. Sanergy not only improves community health but also creates jobs and produces fertilizer from the processed waste. These social enterprise models are just a few prominent examples showing that when business is combined with social responsibility, significant impacts can be made on society and the environment. At CSIB, we believe that by learning from and applying lessons from these successful models, we too can contribute to the sustainable development of our communities and country. Join us at CSIB as we innovate and collaborate to build a better future! https://lnkd.in/gDJrKaMy

?? Empowering Women, Building Communities ?? At Kuberjee - ???????, we are dedicated to empowering rural and tribal women by building a strong community that thrives on #financial and #digital literacy. Our initiatives aim to make financial transactions and digital services accessible to everyone, fostering a culture of savings and financial independence. ?? Successful Savings-Based Approach: Our savings-based model has transformed SHGs, making saving a regular practice, much like urban middle-class households. By encouraging women to save for the future, we promote financial stability and wealth generation, driving long-term growth. ?? Creating Micro Socio-Entrepreneurs: We are proud to create micro socio-entrepreneurs who lead financial inclusion and digitalization within their communities. These women leverage financial literacy to uplift their families and communities. ?? Kuberjee's Impact So Far: Reached 3.5 lahks under-served/under-banked customers Empowered over 5000 women and made them entrepreneurs for better livelihoods ?? Supporting the #LakhpatiDidi Initiative: Kuberjee proudly supports the Lakhpati Didi initiative by the Government of India, contributing to the goal of making rural women lakhpatis through sustained financial #empowerment and #entrepreneurship. ?? Collaborative Efforts: Training and motivation are crucial in this journey. We are grateful for the collaboration with NGOs, financial institutions, educational institutes, startups, and the government. By working hand in hand, we aim to enable this rural population to contribute to the growth of the new #BHARAT and boost up the $5 trillion economy. Join us in this journey of empowerment and growth! #FinancialInclusion #RuralDevelopment #SHG #WomenEmpowerment #India5TrillionEconomy #Kuberjee Hitesh Kaneriya Sandesh Shrivastava Vijay Hirapara Punit S. Gajera

U Bank Partners with CARE Pakistan and Mastercard to Empower Women Entrepreneurs Read more ?? : https://lnkd.in/dskUNb8R . . . . . . . . . . U Microfinance Bank Limited Samia Adnan Khan Palwasha Qazi Fida Mahmood Usman Khawaja Atif Ghouri Syed Salman Ahmed Sahar Al-Hosban Jehanzeb Shaheen Tooba Latif Khawaja Zulqader Sadik Muhammad Asim Anwar SyedFarrukh Rasool Muhammad Hamza Momentum PR Mastercard

Imagine the transformative power of #rural women generating their own income independently. It’s a game-changer. Financial independence triggers far-reaching changes for them, their families, and communities. It fuels their #agency, allowing them to assert their #rights, make important household #decisions, and pursue their #dreams with confidence. This empowerment elevates their social standing, drives lasting #community growth, and breaks the cycle of #intergenerationalpoverty. On this #InternationalDayofRuralWomen, we’re thrilled to launch Project WE-LIVES (Women Empowerment through Livelihood Improvement and Value Chain Enhancement) in #Sehore! AIFT in partnership with? SIDBI(Small Industries Development Bank of India), aims to empower 800 women in #Sehore and #Ashoknagar by providing them with market-aligned skills and value chain linkages for organic soaps, millet-based bakery products, spices, garments, and chanderi textiles. Using #AIFT’s unique entrepreneurship assessment tool, the program will deliver a tailored support aligned with each woman’s strengths and ambitions, further training them to lead their industry specific supply chains and produce high-quality goods efficiently. Over the next two years, this initiative will create an ecosystem of inclusive #buyers and #sellers, helping these women step up as leaders in their industries. Building on the success of AIFT’s Market Aligned Skills Training (#MAST) program, which has uplifted over 450,000 #women across #India, we can’t wait to see the positive changes Project WE-LIVES will bring! #SustainableLivelihoods #entrepreneurship #WomenEmpowerment #VocalForLocal #EconomicEmpowerment #SmallBusinesses #Financialinclusion Shriram Meena (S R Meena) saurabh bajpai Mayank Prakash Bandana Rai Kavita Srivastava Ashish Chaudhary Dr. Anand Shukla Dr Shilpa Jain

Much gratitude to you, Sir, and the StartupTN team for your incredible support and guidance. Your encouragement is invaluable to our journey!! #WomenInStartups #StartupTN #Rattai #TamilNadu #Entrepreneurship #TimesOfIndia #Raattai #RaataiHandloom

Building skills and empowering rural women by creating a niche space for Women Entrepreneurs with sustainable livelihood and reversing livelihood linked Rural Urban Migration. Let's work together to strengthen the rural skills and empowering women. #AIF #sustainableLivelihood #TraditionalSkills #RuralLivelihood. #reverseRuralUrbanMigration

Building #tech solutions for M&E purposes is the closest to our heart! ?? Seeing a non-profit coming to us with 'n' number of spreadsheets and forms with a lot of confusions on who should deal with what, and then watching a holistic platform giving them a clearer path and vision is a wonderful experience! Tech for M&E is also one of the fastest growing solutions in the #socialsector! While many #platforms rise to the M&E needs, we pinpoint what works best for an organization's processes and build a central solution that makes the #data tell beautiful #impact stories on its own! ? Our solutions - Streamline data throughout it's journey within the organization - Cater to the diverse needs of stakeholders - Help the leaders make data-driven decisions with insightful #dashboards Thank you Atma - An Accelerator for NGOs for featuring us here! Looking forward to help more organizations have a robust data system and a clearer path to achieve their mission! Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] to check how we can help you get your data and M&E processes under 'your' control! Refer to Atma's intermediary database here - https://bit.ly/4aGr4vQ #Nonprofits #monitoringandevaluation #MEL

We are building India’s most valuable company. Not trying to be pompous here, however, I’ll take a moment to explain: Planning your finances is not an act of a specific gender.? It is rather an art of attending to your gender-specific behaviour. For example, while men invest to “get better returns” and to “create wealth”, women invest towards goals they feel connected towards, and want to understand how investing in a particular fund would help them. That is why focusing on making financial products accessible to women is becoming more and more important. Which is why building LXME is a huge opportunity.? Women comprise half our population, and that half which is great at saving! If we don’t do so, it’s a lost opportunity for: - every woman - entire family, and - the entire country We focus on educating the women on management of their money, investing with intention, and most importantly, attending to their nature of being risk-aware instead of being risk-averse. When you start with building an impact, you eventually get to see the value you are building!?

Women entrepreneurs in India are incredibly diverse, from self-employed women in SHGs to deeptech founders. In her article, Supriya Sharma examines this spectrum and argues that supporting #womenentrepreneurs requires moving beyond benevolent sexism and convenient ‘otherisation.’ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCkM9ST2 Are you passionate about women-centric fintech solutions? Do you prioritize customer-focused innovations to bridge the gender divide in financial inclusion? We’d love to hear your ideas! #IIMAVentures #FEAspire #WomenEntrepreneurs #FinTech #GenderDivide #Diversity Supriya Sharma | Trisha Ghoshal | Financial Express (India)