Gender Inclusive Finance Ambassadors - Lesotho

SPECIAL FEATURE AFI GENDER INCLUSIVE FINANCE AMBASSADOR INSTITUTION

BANK OF LESOTHO

Central Bank of Lesotho committed to a consumer protection framework that prioritizes women, as well as the promotion of financial literacy among registered women's savings and loans associations

Central Bank of Lesotho collects both supply and demand-side sexdisaggregated data

Central Bank of Lesotho is led by Dr. Retšelisitsoe A. Matlanyane, the bank's first female Governor

Gail Makenete has served as the central bank's Second Deputy Governor since 2012

Central Bank of Lesotho’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy prioritizes women as a target demographic and includes gendersensitive targets

Central Bank of Lesotho was an inaugural member of AFI’s Gender Inclusive Finance Committee for two terms (2017 – 2019)

Central Bank of Lesotho participated in the 2019 and 2021 cohorts of AFI’s Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators. The 2019 cohort focused on the development of a gender-sensitive national financial inclusion policy.