The Value of Time Travel: MERS through the ages
In 2002, for the first time in my life, I stepped into an office in Kissidougou, Guinea as a team leader – the new Livelihoods Program Coordinator. I walked into a small cement block office in a...
View ArticleIncreasing the Resiliency of Vulnerable Populations through Index-Insurance...
View & Download Presentation This webinar was part of a series of learning events hosted by The SEEP Network’s Disaster Risk Reduction Program. In this series we explore innovative, client-centric...
View ArticleUnderstanding Unpaid Care Work: Women’s Empowerment beyond the Paid Economy
This blog is published as part of the 2017 WEE Global Learning Forum Blog Series. The advancement of women’s rights and economic empowerment in market systems contributes to the economic well-being of...
View ArticleIs Financial Inclusion a Route to Reducing Intimate Partner Violence? What...
This blog is published as part of the 2017 WEE Global Learning Forum Blog Series. This blog was written by Dr. Anita Raj of the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine and the Center...
View ArticleIndashyikirwa: The Impact of a Microfinance and Gender-transformative Program...
Indashyikirwa, meaning ‘agents for change’, is a program that seeks to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) across Rwanda, and is being implemented by CARE Rwanda, Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN) and...
View ArticleWomen’s Economic Empowerment: Practical Tools for Gender-responsive Poverty...
View & Download Presentation Questions and Answers – coming soon! Background Measuring changes in poverty and empowerment is complex. This requires carefully designed measurement methods that can...
View ArticleHow CARE Aims to Uplift 800,000 Women in Rwanda: SG2018 Peer Exchange to...
Over the past 34 years, CARE International Rwanda has lifted up women and girls in rural areas, helping them overcome poverty and live dignified lives. CARE focuses on women and girls because they are...
View ArticleEbola Strikes, And You Expect Me to Save Cash?
In times of crisis, it can be hard to think about the future, much less make plans for saving money. How could anyone go to a savings group meeting when their village was under quarantine? How could...
View ArticleMERS and UNHCR Minimum Criteria for Livelihoods Programming: Complementary...
The SEEP Network and the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) hosted a joint webinar on applying the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards and Minimum Criteria for Livelihoods in economic...
View ArticleOf Sex Work and Savings
Long before I was introduced to the world of savings groups, I worked on the socio-behavioral side of HIV prevention research for several years in the early 2000s. During that time, I read hundreds of...
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