In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, healthcare providers have been prioritized for the roll out of limited vaccine supplies in Nigeria and in many parts of the world.

The strategic goal of the Primary Health Care (PHC) portfolio at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is to support countries to achieve better health outcomes through improved primary health care.

While adolescence is a critical time for girls to build the agency and resources they need to make healthy and safe transitions to adulthood, too often they face insurmountable challenges.

CGAP’s three-year project on Digital Financial Services (DFS) Distribution Networks sought to enable key stakeholders in six focus countries (Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Cote d’Ivoire, Colombia) to leverage existing knowledge about Cash-in and Cash-out (CICO) networks in rural areas, where most of the financially excluded people still live, with a view to enabling more rural customers to access and use digital financial services.

Adolescent girls often experience significant barriers to economic empowerment due to social norms which limit their power to make and act on economic decisions in order to enhance their broader well-being and position in society.

Many cities in Southeast Asia face enormous social and economic challenges post-COVID-19. Can cities in the region use digital technologies to overcome inequalities and improve the lives and livelihoods of the marginalized and disadvantaged?

Kore Global has worked in partnership with The Asia Foundation for the past two years to build country staff research capacity in several South East Asia countries, with a focus on qualitative research on gender equality and social inclusion in urban settings, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of vulnerable groups.

The “Women and Money” programme, implemented by IDEO.org, has begun to answer “the how” of introducing Digital Financial Services (DFS) into the lives of women: how to build trust with them; how to encourage them access to digital financial services; and how accounts and payments can have a positive impact on their lives.

The Asia Foundation in Mongolia is implementing a four year project to increase women’s economic empowerment in Mongolia through supporting women-led CSOs. Kore Global has been working with TAF Mongolia since the inception of this project to help strengthen the GESI and MERL aspects of this project.

Kore Global was the Gender Lead and engaged to conduct a gender analysis and develop a gender strategy and action plan for the Verumar project, supporting the Filipino governments’ efforts to conserve and sustainably use their seas and marine resources.