A cooperative of savings and loan groups led by rural women, improves their access to credit. It also carries out activities around human rights, violence prevention, and responding to the impacts of natural disasters such as floods and drought in their communities.

Sociedad Cooperativa Las Mujeres Rurales de la Frontera Sur (LMRFS) Rural women in southern Mexico lack access to financial institutions that would enable them to save and borrow at feasible interest rates to build sustainable livelihoods. They also face growing challenges along the southern border areas of Mexico, including violence and natural disasters.

The IAF supports community-led solutions for promoting women?s financial inclusion, protecting their rights, and building community resilience.

IAF grantee Sociedad Cooperativa Las Mujeres Rurales de la Frontera Sur (LMRFS), a cooperative of savings and loan groups led by rural women, improves their access to credit.

It also carries out activities around human rights, violence prevention, and responding to the impacts of natural disasters such as floods and drought in their communities.

This grant advances the IAF?s strategic initiative to support community-led efforts to mitigate and prevent chronic violence.