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Breaking the Gender Bias in Finance
Toronto Centre joined the global community in 2022 to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) by commemorating women’s achievements, reflecting on progress made and advocating... -
Bridging the Finance Gap for Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from Academic and...
This OECD report examines the issues and policy solutions used around the world to develop women’s entrepreneurship financing. It is aligned with the principles ofthe OECD... -
Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM): For Business Growth and Impact
The Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM) Framework, developed by MEDA, is a practical manual and toolkit for assessing gender equality, and identifying, implementing and... -
GEM Case Study: LESSONS FROM WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN JORDAN
MEDA's learning brief outlines the processes taken by the Jordan Valley Links (JVL) project in implementing the Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM) Framework for Business Growth... -
Empowering change: The rise and role of gender-focused bonds
This study, published jointly by the experts at the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE)'s leading platform for sustainable finance, the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) and the 2X... -
An overview of the gender-focused bond market
In this study, the Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX) provides a detailed analysis of bonds with a gender component hereafter named "gender-focused bonds" listed worldwide. LGX... -
Financing Programs for Women’s Financial Inclusion and Access to Finance for...
This report presents the highlights from a survey directed to public development banks (PDBs) as part of the 2023 agenda of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) Coalition on... -
Shining the Spotlight – Gender-Lens Investments Enable Women Entrepreneurs...
This case study profiles Sarmayacar Ventures, one of Pakistan’s first early stage venture funds, which primarily invests in tech-enabled businesses. The fund has a portfolio of... -
Reverse Gender Gap in SME Finance?
This note explores a surprising trend in SME lending in Bangladesh: a reverse gender gap in access to finance. Using administrative data from BRAC Bank, the research finds that... -
Closing the Gender Finance Gap Through the Use of Blended Finance
IFC's Closing the Gender Finance Gap Through the Use of Blended Finance was produced to help public and private sector actors including governments, foundations, financial... -
The Mobile Gender Gap Report
While the gender gap in mobile internet adoption had been closing steadily, in 2024, the gender gap in mobile internet adoption remained relatively unchanged from the previous... -
The Nature and Prevalence of Financial Abuse Among Microfinance Customers in Benin
Cerise+SPTF and Grameen Foundation collaborated in research to test a survey instrument designed to measure the prevalence of financial abuse. A phone survey, conducted with... -
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... -
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,... -
Bridging the Gender Gap in Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs through...
Drawing on recent publications and industry insights, this FinEquity Knowledge Guide brings together resources to 1) Understand the untapped opportunity that WMSME’s present for... -
Gender Strategies in Investing: How European investment firms move from...
This report by the Esade Center for Social Impact investigates how European investment firms transition from awareness to action regarding gender strategies in investing,... -
Advancing Gender Equity in the Renewable Energy Sector: A Case Study -...
This case study details Soléco Energy, a women-led business in Jamaica, focused on solar PV distributed generation projects and its collaboration with Deetken Impact and IDB... -
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-... -
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...