Scholarship for the 2025 Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators

It is intended to support insurance supervisors in developing  policies that close the gender gap in inclusive insurance and in developing women’s leadership capacity in regulatory organizations.

About the Program

This multi-week blended learning program equips senior officials and high-potential leaders from central banks and other regulatory agencies in emerging markets, with the skills to create an enabling environment for women’s financial inclusion and advance gender diverse leaders within their institutions.

Participants come together for interactive online classes, team assignments, 1:1 advisory sessions and peer learning. They will also connect with peers from across the globe for intensive in-person learning at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School in June 2025. Participants will also be invited to present their Capstone presentations at the 2025 Alliance for Financial Inclusions’ Global Policy Forum (location TBC) in September 2025.

Why is this program unique?

For nearly 20 years, Women’s World Banking has trained leaders from more than 80 countries. This is the only program for financial regulators at the intersection of leadership development and women’s financial inclusion. It equips participants with technical and strategic know-how to design gender-inclusive policy, and leadership skills to affect change. With a specific dual-track approach, senior officials gain the tools to sponsor women leaders, modelling an approach for building a pipeline of gender diverse talent within their institutions.