Yasmin Bin-Humam

Financial Sector Specialist

Yasmin Bin-Humam currently supports CGAP’s project on supply-side gender disaggregated data for financial sector regulators and supervisors. She also leads CGAP’s work stream on the nexus of gender norms and financial sector regulation and supervisory practices, and continues to support institutional change management for CGAP’s application of a gender lens across all CGAP work programs. 

Previously Yasmin launched and managed the FinEquity Community of Practice on women’s financial inclusion, led exploration of women’s participation in informal online commerce, and shepherded CGAP’s initial diagnostics of social norms barriers to women’s financial inclusion. 

Before joining CGAP, Yasmin developed indicators measuring women’s equality under the law for the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law project and contributed to publications on legal barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Her previous research includes the historical evolution of labor and family law reform in countries around the world, and she has compiled legislation on banking, nonbank financial institutions, and consumer protection regulations. Her earlier work experience spans the public, private, and nongovernmental sectors.

Yasmin has Juris Doctorate and Master’s degrees from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard.

By Yasmin Bin-Humam

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A Clearer View: Using S-GDD for Better Financial Outcomes

Relying on aggregate financial data for insights provides only a general idea of reality – granular supply-side gender-disaggregated data (SGDD) can sharpen the picture, exposing financial behaviors and disparities that would otherwise remain hidden.
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Embedding Gender Equality in Ecuador's Financial Inclusion Regulations

Ecuador’s approach to embedding gender equality in financial regulations offers a model for how regulators can drive inclusive financial systems and close gender gaps.
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Journey to Kigali: Four Lessons on Peer Learning for Gender Data

When it comes to strategies on gender-disaggregated data for women's financial inclusion, peer learning, diversity of approaches to gender data collection and use, and creative solutions in advancing gender equality in the financial sector are key.
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Regulating Finance for Gender Equality: A New Approach

Financial regulators and market facilitators across the African continent have the opportunity to redefine financial sector policymaking, ensuring that gender inclusivity is at the heart of its economic agenda, beginning with these recommendations.
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Guidance for Regulators: Applying Gender-Intentional Approaches

With gender-based exclusion and differences in the financial sector being so pervasive –financial sector regulators and supervisors can apply gender-intentional approaches in order to drive better outcomes for women.