In the podcast, "How to close the finance gap for women entrepreneurs in India" Renana Jhabvala, the President of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association, explains the policy tool that the India

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In the podcast, "How to close the finance gap for women entrepreneurs in India" Renana Jhabvala, the President of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association, explains the policy tool that the India

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In the podcast, "How to close the finance gap for women entrepreneurs in India" Renana Jhabvala, the President of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association, explains the policy tool that the Indian government has been implementing to formalize women’s economic participation and her experience with SEWA in utilizing bridge institutions to connect women entrepreneurs and formal banking sector. While this is specific to India, it is applicable across countries outside of India as well since women were historically excluded from economic participation no matter where they lived. This is an equity issue that must be addressed during the clean energy transition. How will you comit to addressing equity in your work?