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Special Pakistan becomes first country in South Asia to issue ‘gender bond’ to financially empower women  video

Pakistan becomes first country in South Asia to issue ‘gender bond’ to financially empower women 

  • Through the bond, Pakistani non-profit Kashf Foundation will raise $8.7 million from stock market to extend micro loans to 30,000 women 
  • Caretaker finance minister calls the launch of gender bond a ‘groundbreaking initiative’ and a powerful tool for bridging the gender gap 
By KHURSHID AHMED    ·