Supporting 2,440 Women Entrepreneurs: Kiva x UGG

About This Project

Summary

For #InternationalWomensDay2024, Kiva and UGG joined forces to celebrate women entrepreneurs globally. Leveraging the Kiva impact dashboard and UGG’s reach, the day was used to amplify the story of a small business owner, Amanda, and the power of a zero interest loan. Her loan was funded last year during Women's History Month, when UGG pledged $20 from each Scrunchita slide sale to support women entrepreneurs.

Goals & Objectives

Financial inclusion is not yet a reality for 740 million women worldwide. Kiva is working to change this by directing more capital to women entrepreneurs globally and educating consumers along the way. By 2028, Kiva will reach 8 million underbanked women with partners like UGG.

Results & Impact

UGG raised significant awareness of financial inclusion for gender equity, engaging customers in-stores, on its website, and via email (achieving a 40% open rate to 6.4M subscribers). In one year, Kiva and UGG enabled 2,440 women in 57 countries to grow their businesses with $62,720 in capital.