Microfund for Women (MFW) — Jordan's Largest Microfinance Institution for Women Entrepreneurs

Microfund for Women (MFW) is Jordan's largest non-profit microfinance institution, founded in 1994 in Amman to advance women's economic empowerment. It became the first microfinance institution to receive a Central Bank of Jordan licence, in 2018.

MFW operates 60 branches across Jordan, including rural and peripheral areas, providing microloans plus a 'Learning Academy' for business, digital and financial-literacy training, a microinsurance product (Afiyatuna), free medical days, and university scholarships for clients' daughters. It is backed by European Investment Bank funding and a Triodos Investment Management portfolio stake, and belongs to the Financial Alliance for Women.

Since 1994, MFW has disbursed more than 1.2 million loans worth over USD 827 million, maintaining a 92.2% repayment rate. It serves 100,900 active borrowers, 92.7% of whom are women. Staff and governance are majority women (73.7% of employees, 72% of managers, 70% of board members). Ancillary programmes reported reach of 33,456 Learning Academy participants, 270,930 microinsurance beneficiaries, 8,726 free medical-day participants, and 82 scholarships to clients' daughters.

No independent evaluation (e.g. RCT) of the effect of MFW's loans on borrowers' income or empowerment has been published; the figures reflect MFW's own reporting and external funders' institutional due diligence.