New guide from the Rebuilding Better project, 'Gender-inclusive service provision: A quick guide for financial and business development service providers', has been published by the International Labour Organization.

This guide explains the benefits of targeting women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses and how to tailor products and service delivery to them. It provides step-by-step guidance for how to begin to incorporate gender-inclusive strategies into content and delivery of services, helping service providers to set the foundations for better overall impact and effectiveness.

This guide is designed to help providers of financial and business development services to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises be more gender-inclusive in their work, particularly to improve service delivery to women entrepreneurs. The guide presents benefits of adopting a gender lens to target women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses and to tailor products and service delivery to them. It offers step-by-step guidance for how to begin to incorporate gender-inclusive strategies into content and delivery of services as well assist in setting the foundation for better overall impact and effectiveness.