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6 Reasons Women’s Savings Groups Drive Economic Growth
Amid global funding cuts and rising crises, this piece outlines six compelling reasons why CARE continues to invest in women-led savings groups (VSLAs). From delivering a high return on investment (VSLAs return $18.85 for every $1 invested) to building resilience in emergencies and closing the massive global financing gap for women entrepreneurs, VSLAs are proving to be the cornerstone of sustaina
Read MoreÁnh’s inspiring journey: Building a food business as a woman entrepreneur in Vietnam
Ánh left her stable job to start TA House, a family-run food business in southern Vietnam. Despite early challenges, she became a successful woman entrepreneur thanks to CARE’s Strive Women program, which provided her training, mentoring, and a seed grant.
Read MoreSix ways climate change deepens inequality (and what you can do to fight it)
Climate change is a global crisis, but it doesn’t impact everyone equally. It’s a double injustice for women and girls, because when the hurricanes hit coastlines, when the droughts kill crops, and when the rivers flood their banks, it all makes the existing inequalities between men and women, boys and girls, that much worse.
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The singing banker of Thanh Hoa
Nguyen Hai Duong, General Director of Thanh Hoa Microfinance Institution in Vietnam, breaks the banker's stereotype by showcasing his passion for local delicacies, ornamental flowers -- and nurturing women entrepreneurs through a partnership with CARE's Women's Economic Justice program.
Read MoreThree women entrepreneurs fighting for survival… and winning
The global pandemic has pushed many small businesses to collapse. For women entrepreneurs, the impact has been significantly worse as childcare responsibilities increased, supply chains collapsed, a dependency on digital skills went up, and women were forced to fight for survival.
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