13/06/2026
📖 Bytes & Bylines – Issue 18 | April 2026
April was a month of powerful conversations, collective action, and renewed commitment toward building a more equitable future.
This edition is about सम्Riddhi – Equal Future Summit 2026, our annual international gender flagship event, held on International Financial Independence Awareness Day under the theme SAFE: Ensuring Women’s Safety for Prosperity in the Financial Ecosystem.
Bringing together 100+ stakeholders—including policymakers, financial institutions, fintech leaders, researchers, media professionals, SHG members, entrepreneurs, youth leaders, and development practitioners—the summit challenged a critical question:
When a woman opens a bank account, does she truly control it? When she earns an income, does she decide how it is spent? When she saves, does she have privacy and autonomy over those savings? For too many women across India and the world, the answer remains NO.
Through powerful discussions, lived experiences, documentary screenings, cultural performances, and solution-focused dialogues, the summit highlighted the urgent need to move beyond access and toward true financial autonomy, dignity, privacy, and enablement for women.
A key highlight of the summit was the Bharat Promise—a shared commitment to advancing women's financial safety and inclusion through collaboration, innovation, and action.
The summit was strengthened by the support of six valued partners who shared the vision of building safer and more inclusive financial ecosystems for women. PayNearby joined as the Title Partner, ROINET Solution Pvt. Ltd. as the Technology Partner, FWWB - India and Girl Effect as Gender Allies, impactDash as the Knowledge Ally, and The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I) as the Chamber Partner.
The conversations at सम्Riddhi 2026 made one thing clear: financial inclusion alone is not enough. Women also need the knowledge, confidence, and tools to protect themselves from financial abuse and exercise control over their financial lives.
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