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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... -
Sweef Capital Gender ROI™
The tool, developed by Sweef Capital, provides a common language around gender, and clear systems and processes with which to translate aspirations into superior financial... -
Gender Lens Investing: A Scoping Review from Theoretical Foundations to...
This scoping written by Freyja Vilborg Thorarinsdottir, and published in the journal, Sustainability, explores the dynamic field of Gender Lens Investing (GLI), examining its... -
Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration (GLIA) Toolkit 2.0
The GLIA toolkit is a guidebook for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) operating in Southeast Asian countries. It was developed to provide more support in line with the... -
Impact-Linked Finance learnings
This report on Impact-Linked Finance (ILF), is based on Roots of Impact’s eight years of experience. It demonstrates ILF's potential across various financial instruments and... -
SME Gender Growth Acceleration (SG2X) Playbook
The SME Gender Growth Acceleration (SG2X) Playbook was developed by Renew Capital in partnership with USAID to provide asset managers and entrepreneurs with a set of practical... -
Mainstreaming Gender Lens Investing in the Financial Sector in Argentina
This report by Pro Mujer illuminates best practices from leading stakeholders and provides actionable recommendations to bridge the gaps in women’s inclusion both in the... -
Disruptive Roles in Gender Lens Investing in Kenya
Plan International’s research provides an in-depth assessment of the gender lens investing market in Kenya. This report builds on existing research through consultations with... -
Gender Bonds: A Toolkit for the Design and Issuance of Gender Bonds in Africa
This Toolkit is intended as a resource for Gender bond issuers and investors. For public and private issuers in Africa seeking to direct capital toward social outcomes,... -
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... -
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Signal
A tool that monitors asset managers’ firm-level progress—and potential—in achieving more diverse and balanced representation among their key decision-makers. Using our... -
The Impact of Climate Change on Women and What Investors Can Do
In this short blog/article by Morgan Stanley, they share three specific areas where interested investors can address climate change and gender equity, which are water scarcity,... -
Addressing Gender Equality in Impact Investing
Short blog-style article with three approaches investors can take to integrate gender lens thinking into their investments. -
Gender Lens Investing Series: Gender Data
This tool is part of a series of three tools developed by MIT D-Lab and Intellecap following a co-design sprint organized to address common challenges faced by impact investors... -
Gender Lens Investing Series: Due Diligence
This tool is part of a series of three tools developed by MIT D-Lab and Intellecap following a co-design sprint organized to address common challenges faced by impact investors... -
Gender Lens Investing Series: Sourcing
This tool is part of a series of three tools developed by MIT D-Lab and Intellecap following a co-design sprint organized to address common challenges faced by impact investors... -
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... -
Diversity Matters Even More
For almost a decade, McKinsey has tracked data on the link between leadership diversity and financial performance. This report, based on the largest dataset yet (covering 1,265... -
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...