WEBCAST: Improving Women’s Access to Finance for a Post-COVID Recovery
August 20, 2020
AS/COA and Citi Foundation host a conversation on improving women's financial inclusion, featuring Colombian Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez.
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Improving access to finance for women entrepreneurs would provide a massive boost to Latin America’s post-COVID recovery – and help address inequality and poverty as well. At present, nearly half of Latin American women lack a bank account, let alone access to credit for their small businesses. How can governments and banks best address barriers ranging from limited information about financial instruments to outright gender bias? What are good examples and cases of success in the region?
This event was hosted by:
The program was livestreamed on this page on August 25 at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Speakers:
Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice President of Colombia @mluciaramirez
Reina Irene Mejía, CEO of Citi Honduras
Susana García-Robles,Executive Advisor to the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA) @RoblesSusanaro
Roberto Simon, Senior Director for Policy, AS/COA @robertosimon (moderator)
