ZIMBABWE: ACTIONS NEEDED TO CLOSE THE GENDER FINANCING GAPS POST COVID-19

The past two years have shown us that challenges in the financial inclusion gender gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic need to be closed for women to have equal access to finance as men. The World Bank reports indicate that COVID-19's economic repercussions disproportionately affect women. Women-led businesses have experienced more of a decline in income opportunities than those of men. However, the pandemic has presented an opportunity to re-set and address stubborn gender inequities.