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GSEARCH Case Study: Nova Coffee - Climate Change
This case study presents gender-smart technical assistance that Root Capital provided to Nova Coffee with respect to training coffee farmers on practices to mitigate or adapt to... -
GSEARCH Case Study: INSOTEC - Gender-focused Marketing
This case study examines a gender-focused marketing campaign by INSOTEC, an Ecuadorian microfinance institution, to promote a medical and dental assistance product among its... -
GSEARCH Case Study: Digicon - Mentoring and Leadership
This case study presents SEAF's Gender-smart technical assistance (TA) to Digicon Technologies Limited, an outsourcing company in Bangladesh that offers business processing... -
Business and Social Outcomes of Gender-Smart Technical Assistance Activities...
This research by G-SEARCh consortium measured the effectiveness of seven types of gendersmart technical assistance (TA) activities provided to 21 small and medium enterprises... -
G-SEARCH tested tools & approaches for gender lens investing
A how-to guide that shares tools and approaches used by the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh), a consortium of six like-minded impact investors,... -
G-SEARCh Social and Financial Performance Indicators
The Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) is a coalition of six impact investors committed to building the business case for investing with a gender... -
Project Sage 4.0
This is a global scan from 2021 of gender lens private equity, venture capital, and private debt funds, and key findings on the current state of the field. As with the three... -
Family Bank Case Study: How A Kenyan Commercial Bank Is Expanding the Share...
This case study describes Family Bank's journey in Kenya to improve gender equality through its business operations– often referred to as “applying a gender lens”. It details... -
Driving Growth and Improved Business Performance – The Opportunity of...
This report presents the findings from a four-year initiative by Shell Foundation and Value for Women (VfW), co-funded with aid from the UK government, to further assess the... -
Gender Lens Investing in Southeast Asia - A Snapshot of Progress in...
The report examines emerging GLI trends and insights in three countries, namely Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. These countries are leading the way for GLI investments... -
Mango Fund Case Study: How a Ugandan Investment Fund Is Doubling the Number...
This case study by Value for Women describes Mango Fund’s journey to improve gender equality through its business operations– often referred to as “applying a gender lens”. It... -
How to Invest with a Gender Lens? A guide for investors in emerging markets
This 'How-to' Guide makes an important contribution by providing practical tools and resources for an investing community that urgently needs to address its diversity and... -
Investing to Advance Women: A Guide for Individual and Institutional Investors
In this brief report, US SIF (Sustainable Investment Forum) presents summary information on the socioeconomic status of women in the United States and globally, the challenges... -
Impact Gender lens Investment Training Programme
This “Impact Gender Lens Investing” Training Programme, offered by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), targets impact and mission-driven investors and... -
Gender Finance Booklet: Financial Centres for Sustainability Network 2023
The Gender Finance Booklet, developed by UNDP’s Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) Network and UN Women, and written by lead authors, Delfina Monteverdi and Manita Ray,... -
Australia: Social bond issued by a commercial bank
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment, this case study examines the National Australia... -
Argentina: Social bond issued by a social enterprise
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, this case study features two Social Bonds (each $1 M USD), issued in 2023 on the Bolsas y Mercados... -
Asia and the Pacific: Gender bond programme by a multilateral development bank
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment, this case study highlights the Gender Bond Programme... -
Morocco: Social bond issued by a commercial bank
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment, this case study highlights an innovative financing... -
Brazil: Sustainability-linked bond issued by a stock exchange
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, this case study highlights a $700 M USD sustainability-linked bond (SLB) for gender equality issued by...