Gender Equality – Fair Finance Asia

August 22, 2023

Press Release: Sustainable Finance is Key to Advancing Gender Equality in ASEAN’s Agriculture Sector, Fair Finance Asia Says

Women workers and smallholder farmers contribute immensely to ASEAN’s agriculture sector, despite continuing to face significant gender inequalities and injustices (Photo: Oxfam in Cambodia) BALI, Indonesia, August 22, 2023 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and…

August 21, 2023

FFA and GRAISEA Launch New Policy Brief Calling for Gender Transformation and HRDD in ASEAN’S Agriculture Sector

Women workers and smallholder farmers contribute immensely to ASEAN’s agriculture sector, despite continuing to face significant gender inequalities and injustices (Photo: Oxfam in Cambodia) On August 21, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and Gender Transformative…

August 18, 2023

Fair Finance Asia Co-Hosts Side Event Alongside the Sixth ASEAN Inclusive Business Summit

Click here to register for online participation On August 21, Fair Finance Asia (FFA), PRAKARSA, ResponsiBank Indonesia, and Oxfam in Asia will host a side event alongside the Sixth ASEAN Inclusive Business (IB) Summit in…

June 5, 2023

FFA’s Joint Side Session at the 5th UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum

To join the Zoom livestream, click here. On June 6, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) will conduct a Side Session at the 5th United Nations Responsible Business and Human…

May 18, 2023

T20 India Launches SEI and FFA Joint Policy Brief on Achieving a Just Energy Transition

On May 16, 2023, Think20 (T20), an official Engagement Group of the G20, published a policy brief submitted by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Fair Finance Asia (FFA), titled, “Achieving a Just Energy Transition in…

May 4, 2023

FFA’s Discussion Guide on the ADB’s ETM

On May 4, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) launched a discussion guide on the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) alongside the 56th ADB Annual Meeting (ADB AGM). This guide is based on…

March 16, 2023

Fair Finance Asia Co-Hosts Side Event Alongside the 10th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

On March 29, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA), Swedwatch, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) Regional Office for South East Asia, and Stockholm Environment Institute…

March 7, 2023

The implementation of specific credit policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises from the International Finance Corporation, the Asian Development Bank, and commercial banks in Vietnam

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in economic growth in Vietnam. Studies show that SMEs in Vietnam make an important contribution to GDP. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the economy, pushing many…

March 8, 2022

HARVESTING INEQUALITY – THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS’ INVESTMENTS IN ASIA’S AGRIBUSINESSES

Fair Finance Asia’s latest study reveals that gender equality is the most ignored issue by financial institutions enabling over 100 of the biggest Asian agricultural conglomerates that employ thousands of Asian women majorly as informal…

November 25, 2020

ASIA’S DYSTOPIAN FUTURE?

Why Banks Need To Put Sustainable Finance Clearly In Their Sights The Fair Finance Asia – SOMO report ‘Asia’s Dystopian Future? Why Banks Need To Put Sustainable Finance Clearly in Their Sights’ exposes the environmental and social…