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Summary
Australia provides grant funding to Women's World Banking (WWB) to deliver a women's financial inclusion program over 2020-24 in Southeast Asia, building on a 2017-20 partnership and supporting women's resilience and participation in COVID-19 economic recovery. Core funding is also provided for WWB to deliver on its 2017-27 strategy to drive financial inclusion to empower 100 million women globally. An Independent Review of Australia’s partnership with WWB was conducted in June 2023. The review found successful implementation of products and services with financial service providers in Southeast Asia, significant contributions to policy to financially include more women, and growing evidence of women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion