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BLC Bank Women Empowerment Initiative – SBBN

BLC Bank Women
Empowerment Initiative – SBBN

This is a presentation BLC Bank made to the Small Business Banking Network in February 2013. It presents a comprehensive overview of BLC’s Women’s Market program, including top leadership buy-in (the bank’s head is a signatory to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles), staff training, marketing & media, collateral-free loans for established (2+ years in operation) businesses, emphasis on building opportunities for women’s networking, business development services, financial literacy, and performance management & evaluation.

Advancing Women’s Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Constraints to Serving Women in Business

Advancing Women’s Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Constraints to Serving Women in Business

This presentation was made to the Small Business Banking Network in February 2013. It focuses on Ugandan women’s lack of property rights, the difficulties that creates for traditional collateralized lending, and the creative solutions dfcu has devised for its women clients, with an overview of results achieved to date.