Authors: Anna Gincherman, István Szepesy, Ann Moline, David Taylor
Partners: Financial Alliance for Women
Year: 2025
In-Brief: Building a National Gender Data Dashboard” introduces the core elements needed to create a national-level platform that consolidates, structures, and visualizes gender-disaggregated financial data. It responds to a growing demand among regulators, policymakers, and ecosystem actors for practical guidance on how to use data to close financial inclusion gaps. As countries increasingly recognize the value of gender data in shaping effective policies, this resource offers a concise entry point into how a dashboard can support evidence-based decision-making.
The publication outlines why national gender data dashboards matter and what problems they help solve. It highlights how fragmented data sources, inconsistent reporting, and limited visibility into women’s financial behaviour often prevent institutions from identifying gaps or designing responsive interventions. By bringing data together in a centralized and standardized way, dashboards give regulators and stakeholders a clearer picture of financial inclusion trends, challenges, and opportunities.
Through practical explanations and a streamlined structure, the In-Brief summarizes the essential building blocks of a dashboard: data governance, indicator selection, reporting structures, and visualization approaches. It also demonstrates how dashboards strengthen coordination across financial sector actors by enabling shared understanding, monitoring progress, and informing national strategies. While concise, the resource captures the strategic value of investing in stronger gender data systems and shows how even incremental improvements can support more inclusive policy and regulatory efforts.
Developed in collaboration with the Financial Alliance for Women and ConsumerCentriX, the InBrief distils lessons from broader work on gender data and regulatory reporting. It is designed to help regulators and ecosystem stakeholders understand what a national gender data dashboard can achieve and how it can be used to drive more effective, evidence-led financial inclusion strategies.
