“Work in Progress” workshop of Female Champions Fellowship

“Work in Progress” workshop of Female Champions Fellowship

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2nd Workshop on "Gender Responsive Financial Services"

Around 40 financial service providers (Bank, MFS & MFI) attended the workshop (on gender responsive financial services).

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Workshop on "Gender Responsive Financial Services"

We are happy to share that on January 21, 2023, a workshop on "Gender Responsive Financial Services" was organized at the BIBM auditorium in Dhaka.

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GGiFI Workshop: Chapter Outline Finalization

CRD organized a workshop on finalizing the chapter outline of the "Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh." The workshop took place from 16th to 20th March, 2023, at the Greenwich Village Resort Hotel Pvt. Ltd. in Lalitpur, Nepal. 4 core members, 5 consultants, 1 research assistant and project manager along with 2 senior staff of CRD of the study team participated and contributed to the workshop.

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Refreshers training for the enumerators

All field research team members have started their data collection ( both qualitative and quantitative) from different selected clusters. Under this country representative study, we will be reaching out to 3300 HH (approximately 14000 individuals ) and 70 Sectoral/ Policy Experts from 56 Districts of Bangladesh. The study aims to unveil patterns and reasons of gender gap in financial inclusion.

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Training on NVivo

Centre for Research and Development (CRD) organized a Training on NVivo on 26th October, 2022, at the conference room of the Bureau of Economics Research (BER) in University of Dhaka under the project titled ‘Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion (GGiFI).

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CRD signed a contract with Department of Economics

CRD signed a contract with Department of Economics, University of Dhaka. Under this contract, 7 MSS students (female) of the same Department will receive fellowship from GGiFI Project of CRD.

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Workshop on Report Chapterization

Centre for Research and Development (CRD) organized a workshop on Report Chapterization at the Professor Abdullah Faruq Hall, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka.

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GGiFI Data Collection Training

Centre for Research and Development (CRD) organized training on Data Collection of the Empirical Study of Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion (GGiFI) on 22 May 2022. This training was being held on 22-26 May 2022 at NGO Forum for Public Health, Lalmatia, Dhaka. The 5-Day long training consisted of 20 enumerators, 15 field research team members and 4 core members of the study team participated and contributed in the discussions.

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Workshop: Tools for Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion Research

The Center for Research and Development (CRD) organized a day-long workshop on "tools validation for the research on gender gap in financial inclusion in Bangladesh (GGiFI)".

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Detail Implementation Plan (DIP) of GGiFI Project

A 2-day-long workshop on Detail Implementation Plan (DIP) of “Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh (GGiFI)” Project has been started today in Hotel Bengal Blueberry, Gulshan, Dhaka. The 2.5 years long research project is funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by Centre for Research & Development (CRD).

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International Conference on Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh: Gender Perspectives

On March 9, 2024, at Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka a daylong conference was held titled Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh: Gender Perspectives. The conference was organized by Centre for Research and Development (CRD), an independent research organization, based in Bangladesh. This was primarily research finding sharing conference, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA. The conference was attended by key stakeholders, policymakers, academics, and experts from relevant fields from both home and abroad to explore strategies for bridging the gender gap in financial inclusion.

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Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh (GGiFI)

An Empirical Research Project

Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh (GGiFI) is a country wide large scale empirical research aims to identify gender gaps in financial inclusion in Bangladesh, with a vibrant team of mostly female researchers from the University of Dhaka and financial experts Centre for Research and Development (CRD) with funding support from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been implementing this 2.5 years project .The research will provide policy recommendations and engage with financial service providers to address gender issues. Additionally, the project will offer scholarships to female graduate students to encourage capacity building and incorporate the issue of financial inclusion of women in their intellectual pursuits. The research will also provide training to both financial service receivers and providers, and inform global research and initiatives on women's economic empowerment. The study will involve surveying a large number of households, totaling 3,300.

At a Galance

Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh (GGiFI)

Study Area (Districts) 56

Project Period 01 Nov 2021- 30 April 2024

Total FGD 66

Total IDI & KII 50 & 70

Total HH Survey 3300

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Key components of the study

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Major Objective

[at a Glance]

To develop sex disaggregated data on financial inclusion services in Bangladesh

To identify the status of awareness and knowledge on financial inclusion services among women and men.

To investigate the current status of women’s unmet financial needs both at individual and enterprise level.

To explore barriers that hinder women to use financial services.

To understand different gender dynamics of financial services while considering the experience and perspectives of service providers from a gender lens.

To examine policy gaps in formulating women friendly policy to reduce gender gap in financial inclusion both at policy formulation and implementation level.

To recommend possible future areas of work including research to reduce gender gap in financial inclusion.