News and Resources
This page collates resources for innovators looking to enter the Start Path Empodera Program.
Updates related to the pitch competition deadlines will be shared below.
Entrepreneurs seeking additional research on how to advance women's digital financial inclusion and overcome the gender digital divide may reference the resources below. For more information on examples of gender integration activities, please see the FAQs.
Start Path Empodera Press Release
Information for Pitch Day
Start Path Empodera Program Announcement Webinar
Start Path Empodera Program Announcement Webinar is available to view here.
Pitch Competition Judging Criteria
Noticias Dia A Dia (Colombia)
Inclusive Technology: The Gender Digital Divide, Human Rights & Violence Against Women
USAID Digital Strategy. Covid-19 and the Gender Digital Divide
Noticias y Respuestas
Connected Women: The Mobile Gender Gap Report
Ministerio de Tecnologias de la Informacion y las Comunicaciones
Financial Inclusion Report - 2018
Example pitch video
Guidance for Preparing your Pitch
El Popular (Peru)
Radio Armoniaz (Cundinamarca, Colombia)
General Information
Grant Application
Diario UNO (Peru)
Zoom Empresarial (Peru)
Important Dates
Advancing Women's Digital Financial Inclusion
IFC Digital Finance Tools: Gender and Digital Financial Services
10 Lessons Learnt: Closing the Gender Gap in Internet Access and Use, Insights From the EQUALS Access Coalition
Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, Innovate
Vanguardia Liberal (Bucaramanga, Colombia)
Pronto Noticias
Start Path Empodera Entrepreneur Announcement Webinar
Start Path Empodera Entrepreneur Announcement Webinar is available to view here.
iNNpulsa Colombia
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