Gender Intelligence for Banks : Moving the Needle on Gender Inequality
The International Finance Corporation, IFC, is a member of the World Bank Group. IFC is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries. Habib Bank Limited (HBL) was established in 1941 a...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419681502961333042/Gender-intelligence-for-Banks-Moving-the-needle-on-gender-equality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28306 |
| Summary: | The International Finance Corporation,
IFC, is a member of the World Bank Group. IFC is the largest
global development institution focused exclusively on the
private sector in developing countries. Habib Bank Limited
(HBL) was established in 1941 and was the first commercial
bank in Pakistan. Over the years, HBL has grown its branch
network and maintained its position as the largest private
sector bank in a number of categories. In terms of
customers, HBL understands the various roles played by women
in society and acknowledges the financial gaps in servicing
women customers from all backgrounds. Today, HBL serves more
women than any other bank in Pakistan. To do yet more, it
introduced HBL Nisa, a banking platform dedicated to the
women of Pakistan. HBL Nisa’s goal is to understand,
educate, and develop products and services that cater to the
financial needs of women. Since HBL and IFC formed a
partnership in 2007, the relationship has grown, with an IFC
Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) investment. This
engagement with HBL is also one of IFC’s flagship Banking on
Women (BOW) projects, in which IFC also provided advisory
services to assist with integrating a bank-wide gender
diversity framework. Gender Intelligence for Banks — Moving
the Needle on Gender Equality is the result of a joint
partnership between the IFC and HBL in Pakistan. The
initiative’s goal is to promote gender equality within banks
and to develop insights into how gender intelligence
programs can positively impact organizational gender
awareness, financial inclusion for women, and bottom-line
results for banks. |
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