AFI GIF Ambassador - Zambia

SPECIAL FEATURE AFI GENDER INCLUSIVE FINANCE AMBASSADOR INSTITUTION

BANK OF ZAMBIA

Two policy changes were implemented by Bank of Zambia including the development of a gender strategy and sex-disaggregated data collection framework

Bank of Zambia has committed to increasing institutional gender diversity and women’s usage of financial services

Rekha C. Mhango has been the Bank of Zambia’s Deputy Governor since 2019

Bank of Zambia’s gender-sensitive NFIS incorporates a women-focused results framework.

Bank of Zambia collects both supply- and demandside sex-disaggregated data.

This helps drive evidencebased policy making decisions and understanding of women’s financial needs.

Bank of Zambia served as the inaugural Chair of the Gender Inclusive Finance Committee for two terms (2017–2019)

Bank of Zambia participated in the 2019 and 2020 cohorts of AFI’s Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators