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Here you will find all current resources in the portal. You can search among the full library, either via keyword search on the left side, or by choosing a filter – for example, case study, or by publisher or stakeholder pathway. Note: filters are additive: selecting multiple filters will narrow results to those that match all selected criteria.
When you do select a resource you will find a summary description of who produced it, what it is about, and for whom it is intended. You can then click a link to open it.
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Women Entrepreneurs Financing and Investment (We-FIT) toolkit
GIZ’s Women Entrepreneurs Financing & Investment (We-FIT) toolkit has been designed to bring together evidence, approaches, and examples on how to address the financing and... -
JEDI Investing Toolkit
JEDI stands for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This toolkit has been designed to encourage allocators, investment influencers and intermediaries across the spectrum... -
A Guide to Investing in First-Time Women and Diverse Fund Managers
This guide, produced by GenderSmart’s First-Time (Women and Diverse) Fund Managers Investing with a Gender Lens Initiative, is a tool for asset allocators and advisors, as well... -
Gender Data and Analysis
Drawing on a sample of recent publications, this updated FinEquity guide provides a starting point for understanding (i) where to start (what data is available at global,... -
Building the Business Case for Women’s Inclusive Financing in Last-Mile...
This toolkit, developed by ENERGIA (International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy), Get Invest and Distill Inclusion, brings together evidence, approaches, guidance,... -
Ilu Toolbox: Forging Diverse, Inclusive and Equal Businesses
The Ilu Toolbox, created by Deetken Impact and ProMujer, in collaboration with USAID, is a comprehensive resource developed by the Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund to help companies... -
Mitigating the Risks of Gender-Based Violence: A Due Diligence Guide for Investing
Due diligence is a standard process that all investors undertake when deciding whether and how to invest in a company. This guide, created by UNICEF and Criterion Institute, is... -
The Incubation Network Gender Analysis Framework
The Criterion Institute and The Incubation Network (TIN) have collaborated here to create a Gender Analysis Framework (GAF), a practical tool for investors and program designers... -
What Enables Her Business to Grow: A Practitioner Toolkit to Implement a New...
This Toolkit, which accompanies the Women-owned/led Small and Medium Enterprise (WSME) Segmentation Report, provides a step-by-step guide, enabling local financial... -
Summary: Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to...
This is a summary of the report Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Managers Guide to Gender-Smart Investing, providing fund managers with a roadmap on how to strengthen... -
Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-smart Investing
Gender-smart investment strategies can help grow a company’s competitiveness, solidify its supply base, improve its human capital, and help build an overall enabling business... -
Gender-smart Interventions: A Guidance Note for Investors
This brief by CDC Group (now British International Investment (BII)), outlines examples of gender-specific opportunities throughout the value chain, focusing on the segments in... -
How to Measure the Gender Impact of Investments: Using the 2X Challenge...
This guidance note, developed by CDC Group in partnership with the 2X Challenge and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), provides a practical framework for investors to... -
ESG Toolkit for Fund Managers - Practical guidance for responsible investors...
British International Investment’s (BII) toolkit, shared on this website, provides guidance on integrating ESG considerations into the investment cycle of a private equity fund,... -
Gender and Climate Finance Toolkit
This 2X Global toolkit helps investors, fund managers and other stakeholders apply a gender-smart lens to their climate finance qualified investments by explaining how to... -
2x Criteria Reference Guide
This guide, updated June 2024, outlines the global standard for gender lens investing (GLI), used by companies and investors to assess and report on their alignment with 2X... -
Principles for Responsible Exits in Gender Lens Investing
The 2x Global-hosted Global Principles for Responsible Exits in Gender Lens Investing have been shaped by practical insights from investors and women entrepreneurs across global...