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More Than a Marketplace: A Community Built by Women

For NGOs that work to advance economic inclusion, like Trickle Up and Village Enterprise, government adoption is widely recognized as the most viable and sustainable pathway to sca ...

Threads of Change: How Bryseida Stitched a Better Future in Oaxaca

Bryseida’s home in Oaxaca stands proudly along a dirt road that curves through her rural community. Inside, the living room has been transformed into a studio.

Measuring Digital Agency: From Defining to Doing

Digital development often focuses on access and inclusion. They tell us who is online, not who is in control. What about digital agency?

When Access Meets Agency: The Future of Women’s Digital Empowerment

In the development community, there is growing recognition that digital tools can help individuals, especially women, and households build resilience in the face of shocks and stre ...

Building Digital Agency: Trickle Up’s Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

A cornerstone of our new strategy is our focus on digital agency, a concept that is increasingly central to how we think about economic empowerment.

From Economic Inclusion to Systemic Transformation

In the savings groups of economic inclusion programs, women have found a safe space to receive support from their peers on personal, social, and economic matters.

Trickle Up and MetLife Foundation Launch CRECE Project to Empower Women in Mexico and Colombia

Trickle Up, in partnership with MetLife Foundation, is proud to announce the launch of CRECE, a two-year initiative that will expand financial inclusion and economic resilience for ...

Measuring the Invisible: The Tools Behind Empowerment in FUERTE

At Trickle Up, monitoring and evaluation are not just technical requirements; they are ways of understanding change with sensitivity.

Financial Inclusion as a Path to Social Justice

Financial inclusion and financial health are much more than economic tools: they are a foundation for equity and social justice.

Beyond Aid: Partnering with Governments and Communities to Drive Change at UNGA 2025

During UNGA 2025, Trickle Up explored how economic inclusion initiatives can evolve from small-scale pilots to government-owned programs.

How Women’s Empowerment Can Transform Communities

When we speak of women’s empowerment, what do we mean by gender transformative change? This type of change goes far beyond improving individual livelihoods.

Learning, Saving, and Dreaming: My Journey in the FUERTE Project

Thanks to the FUERTE project, my life has been completely transformed. Before, I had never learned how to save. Now I know how to manage my money, and that brings me peace of mind.