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Advanced Practice in Gender Lens Investing
Drawing on inputs from various investors, ecosystem players, and civil society leaders in and outside the gender lens investing ecosystem, this framework explains how power,... -
Framing (and Reframing) Gender Key Messaging Guidelines
This report outlines language and terminology that is commonly used to frame conversations about gender lens investing. The purpose of laying out these frames is to make visible... -
What Enables Her Business to Grow: A New Segmentation Framework
Developed by ConsumerCentriX, the Argidius Foundation, Dutch Good Growth Fund, Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), this framework aims to help financial and non-... -
Addressing Gender Norms to Increase Financial Inclusion: Designing for Impact
This Technical Guide from CGAP advocates for funders to use the market system development approach and proactively take gender norms into account when working to increase... -
Gender Lens Investing: Legal Perspectives
This report from Calvert Impact Capital and New York University School of Law's International Transactions Clinic explores how investors incorporate gender considerations into... -
Gender Sector Brief: Financial Institutions
This briefing note, produced by the British DFI BII, guides investors and fund managers to identify existing and future opportunities for gender-smart investing in the financial... -
The Boardroom Africa: Increasing women leaders in Africa
TheBoardroom Africa (TBrA) is the region’s leading organisation dedicated to promoting exceptional, diverse talent to board and executive positions and providing comprehensive... -
Veritas: Unlocking finance for women entrepreneurs in India
This case study focuses on Veritas Finance (Veritas), an Indian non-financial banking company (NBFC) with a mission to foster financial inclusion for micro, small and medium-... -
Becoming the bank of choice for women in Pakistan
This Case study highlights British International Investment (BII's) collaboration with Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Pakistan's largest commercial bank, to develop a Gender Action... -
A Data-driven Journey in Support of Women’s Financial Inclusion: Advans
This report by Advans demonstrates how a structured approach to gender-focused initiatives can yield significant results, even during challenging times like the COVID-19... -
Women and Equitable Growth in a Resource‑Constrained World: Unleashing...
This paper from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation emphasizes the need to reform development finance systems to ensure women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa gain access... -
Gender-smart climate finance: the policy angle
This report by 2x Global explores the connection between gender and climate finance, focusing on the importance of gender-smart investments in the broader climate finance and... -
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...