Zimbabwe: Actions Needed to Close the Gender Financing Gap Post-Covid-19

[Graça Machel Trust] The past two years have shown us that challenges in the financial inclusion gender gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic need to be closed for women to have equal access to finance as men. The World Bank reports indicate that COVID-19’s economic repercussions disproportionately affect women. Women-led businesses have experienced more of a decline in income opportunities than male-led businesses and jobs.