Women

Programmes

Key financial education programmes targeted at women are listed below, by category. 

Government programmes | Civil Society programmes | Private sector programmes

Government programmes

• Project Financial Literacy, Reserve Bank of India

Civil society programmes

• Good Habits with Money™, a+b= 3, Hong Kong China
• Financial education training course for families of child workers in Cambodia, International Labour Organization (ILO), www.ilo.org
  In an effort to combat child labor and promote gender equality in Cambodia, the ILO developed a financial education training course for families of child workers.The course targets primarily women, who are often responsible for managing money in the household. By training women on basic financial skills, ILO believes women will make better financial decisions for their families, reducing economic insecurity and indebtedness, two leading causes of child labor in Cambodia.
  The 3-days training course adapts three GFEP (Global Financial Education Program) modules: Budgeting, Debt Management and Savings. The training highlights the role gender plays in financial decision-making in households. Key adaptations of the course include discussion questions focused on gender and financial responsibilities within the family. Since its inception, more than 2,000 parents of child workers (75% women) have attended the training.

Private sector programmes

• Abacus Living Free with Effective Money Skills, Abacus for Money, Malaysia
• Abacus Self-Empowerment Network (ASEN), Abacus for Money, Malaysia
• Abacus Personal Financial Coaching, Abacus for Money, Malaysia

Articles

Key articles and research on financial education programmes targeted at women are listed below, in alphabetical order, by author/institution.

A  | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I  | J | K  | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

• Financial literacy - Women Understanding Money, Australian Financial Literacy Foundation, 2008

I

• Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2000), Why privatizing social security would hurt women, IWPR Publication # D437RB, March 2000.

K

• Sophie Korczyk (2003), Women and Individual Social Security Accounts in Chile, Australia, and the United Kingdom, The Public Policy Institute, AARP, July 2003.