Events

Reimagining Social Welfare Targeting through Data, Technology and Partnerships

LEAD organised a design sprint at SEEP Network’s annual conference “SEEP 2020 – Disruptive Collaboration.” … Read More

COVID-19 and Migrant Remittances: Emerging Trends and Strategies to Build Resilience

LEAD hosted a webinar to discuss strategies to help migrants amidst the COVID-19 crisis in partnership with Access-Assist and Inclusive Finance India at CFO-Accion’s Financial Inclusion Week. … Read More

Landscape of Climate Finance in India: Issues with Access and Utilisation

LEAD partnered with the Shakti Foundation to host a webinar focusing on strengthening access to climate finance in India. … Read More

Bridging the Gap between Women Entrepreneurs and Formal Finance

LEAD hosted a webinar, moderated by Executive Director Sharon Buteau, on strengthening access to formal finance for India’s women entrepreneurs at GAME India’s MSME Finance Week 2020. … Read More

Where Do We Go with Health Policy and Research in a Post-COVID World?

Principal Economist Dr. Shailender Swaminathan discussed the future of health policy at a webinar hosted by The Banyan Academy of Leadership and Mental Health’s. … Read More

Integrating Women-led Rural Enterprises into India’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

LEAD concluded their three-part webinar series with the World Bank and the Ministry of Rural Development with the final part exploring strategies to strengthen and secure the position of women entrepreneurship in the larger entrepreneurial ecosystem. … Read More

Path to Recovery and Rehabilitation for Women-led Rural Microenterprises

Experts explored the path to recovery post COVID at the second chapter of a webinar series on supporting women-led rural microenterprises amid COVID-19 and beyond hosted by LEAD in collaboration with the World Bank and the Ministry of Rural Development. … Read More

Supporting Women-led Microenterprises in COVID and Beyond

LEAD partnered with the World Bank and the Ministry of Rural Development to produce the first part of a three-part webinar series that explores the coping strategies adopted by microenterprises to survive in the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read More

Strengthening Emergency Response to Gender-based Violence Amid COVID

Madhu Mehra, Suneeta Dhar and Poonam Kathuria discussed weak support systems for survivors at the second part of LEAD’s webinar series on addressing gender based violence. … Read More

Addressing Rising Gender-Based Violence Amidst a Pandemic

LEAD kickstarted its three-part webinar series on escalating gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic with social activist and poet Kamla Bhasin. … Read More