To celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, Grameen America is proud to honor our community of over 58,000 women entrepreneurs across the country.
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This Veterans Day, we are celebrating the growing number of women veterans who are building businesses here in the United States.
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After moving to New York from Mexico ten years ago, Maria and her daughter had little to their name and no income. Today, she owns her own successful flower shop and hopes to open a second location soon.
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To celebrate World Statistics Day, we’re sharing the infographics that have most influenced our work empowering women entrepreneurs and promoting financial inclusion here in the United States.
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With her first loan of $1,500, Anna rented a space six times larger than her original clothing store and expanded her inventory to include children’s clothes, hats and jackets.
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8% of U.S. households – and nearly one in three whose income is less than $15,000 a year – do not have a bank account. To remedy this problem and provide a point of entry for financial services to the poor, many have looked to the surge in mobile phones as a possible solution.
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Over the coming days, world leaders will convene for the annual United Nations General Assembly to agree upon the 17 proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) that aim to end poverty, tackle inequality and combat climate change. Goal #5 is to achieve gender equality.
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Maria received her first loan of $1,500 from Grameen America in 2011. Four years later, Maria is on her ninth Grameen America loan and her tire business is booming.
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Last week, a Pew Research report found that businesses owned by women and minorities lagged far behind male-owned firms in terms of revenue share.
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