Women entrepreneurs in the Balkans encounter significant challenges in accessing the financial resources needed to launch, sustain, and grow their businesses. Factors such as limited collateral, gender bias in traditional banking, and insufficient financial literacy create substantial barriers.
Microfinance offers a transformative solution by providing women with small loans, mentoring, and tailored financial products, which can help to overcome these obstacles.
This webinar, organized by the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) in collaboration with the European Microfinance Network (EMN), aims to explore how microfinance can empower women entrepreneurs in this region.
How to register
📆 29 April 2025
🕑 11:00-12:00 CET
🔗 Registrations
Co-panelists
- Charlene Lambert, WEP
- Herjola Spahiu, CEO NOA (Albania)
- Elma Zukic, President Association of Microfinance Institutions (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
More Info
Organizer
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Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)
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Phone
+31 6 2184 7256 -
Email
women-entrepreneurs.eu -
Website
https://www.european-microfinance.org/organisation/women-entrepreneurship-platform-wep/ Women’s creative talents are not being used to their fullest extent, even in Europe, and for economic and social reasons, we need to have more women entrepreneurs contributing their innovative ideas to solving problems our societies face, now and in the future. Furthermore, millions of women of all ages in Europe are unemployed or underemployed, and also because of new ways of working, may have little or no hope of ever finding paid working positions. It is only through starting their own businesses that they may be able to earn a decent living for themselves and their families, to take part in society, contributing their share to economic development and prosperity, and ensuring their basic needs are covered as they grow older.
Other Organizers
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European Microfinance Network (EMN)
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Phone
+32 280 844 20 -
Email
emn@european-microfinance.org -
Website
www.european-microfinance.org
