most of these schemes are targeted at specific groups of women such as youth elderlywidows unemployed and low income women often in disadvantaged areas female entrepreneurs in microenterprises are another primary recipient category in india the selfemployed women s association sewa organises financial literacy training for female entrepreneurs a growing body of impact evaluations shows that such programmes can be successful in raising women s financial literacy and inclusion see oecd b for a full review however evidence from the oecd international network on financial education infe stocktacking exercise also shows that policy awareness about the need to address gender differences in financial literacy remains low in many countries