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The SME Gender Growth Acceleration (SG2X) Playbook
The USAID/Renew SME Gender Growth Acceleration Playbook provides a practical guide for fund managers and ecosystem actors seeking to strengthen the performance and scalability... -
Women's Financial Inclusion Scorecard
The Women’s Financial Inclusion Scorecard developed by the National Bank of Ethiopia provides a structured framework for measuring and advancing gender equality within... -
Women in the Workplace Report 2025
The 2025 Women in the Workplace report by Lean In and McKinsey & Company builds on a decade of longitudinal data examining women’s representation, advancement, and workplace... -
Women in the Workplace Report 2023
This annual report by Lean In and McKinsey & Company analyzes data from hundreds of U.S.-based companies to assess women’s representation, advancement, and workplace... -
Being Bold: Case Studies on Women's Business Leadership in Sierra Leone and Liberia
This International Finance Corporation (IFC) report presents case studies of women business leaders in Sierra Leone and Liberia, examining how women-led enterprises navigate... -
GEM 2022/2023 Women's Entrepreneurship: Challenging Bias and Stereotypes
This report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) analyzes women’s entrepreneurial participation across 49 economies, drawing on population surveys and national expert... -
Renew Capital: Driving Towards a Gender-Smart Economy in Ethiopia
This case documents Renew Capital’s ecosystem approach to gender lens investing in Ethiopia, combining investment facilitation, training, and market-building interventions.... -
Supivaa: Empowering WSMEs Through the Power of AI
This case highlights how Supivaa uses AI-driven tools to address one of the core constraints facing women-led SMEs (WSMEs): lack of access to finance. The model centres on... -
Series of GLI Case Studies: Canada Forum for Impact Investment and...
This series of brief case studies, developed by Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development's (CAFIID's) Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice in 2023 and 2024,... -
Translating between Gender and Finance for Increased Impact: Best Practices...
This brief report by World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Criterion Institute explores the concept of "translation" in Gender Lens Investment (GLI), which involves... -
Power Dynamics in Ecosystem Building: Gender Lens Investing in Sri Lanka
This case study by World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Criterion Institute provides an example of how Gender Lens Investing (GLI) moves beyond simply focusing on women... -
Bridging Gender and Finance: WUSC’S Approach to Inclusive Entrepreneurship...
This report by World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Criterion Institute makes that case that while gender lens investing (GLI) is gaining momentum globally, there is a... -
4 ways investors can help women entrepreneurs thrive by adopting a gender...
In this short article, World Economic Forum outlines four ways investors can empower women entrepreneurs by adopting a gender lens approach to investing, drawing on lessons... -
Making Finance Work for Women (MFWW) Podcast Ep. 13: Making History – The...
This episode of the Making Finance Work for Women podcast explores the groundbreaking Global Gender-Smart Fund (GGSF), the largest gender lens fund in history, with Ruurd... -
Making Finance Work for Women (MFWW) Podcast Ep. 5: Gender Lens Investing: A...
This episode of the Making Finance Work for Women podcast explores gender-focused investment strategies and their role in ESG investing, with a focus on social impact. Sonja... -
The Gender Performance Checklist Guidance from a gender-intentional investor
This report and checklist draws on rich insights from six Gender Performance Studies (GPS) that Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM) conducted on their portfolio... -
Gender Lens Investing: Driving Financial Returns and Social Impact
This short blog by Women’s World Banking explains what Gender Lens Investing (GLI) is, how it works, and the experience of WWB Asset Management (WAM), which has invested... -
Caring for Tomorrow: A Guide to Investing in the Care Economy
The U.S. Care Economy faces growing demand due to demographic shifts yet, it remains underfunded and overlooked by investors and policymakers. This white paper highlights... -
Applying a Gender Lens to Climate Investing: An Action Framework
Women in Finance Climate Action Group (WIFCAG) led the development of this framework by reviewing existing gender specific and climate specific frameworks and data sources,... -
The Case for Investing in Women Entrepreneurs
This case study highlights the importance of investing in women entrepreneurs to build equitable, resilient, and prosperous economies in the face of global disruptions such as... -
Women Changing Finance Podcast
The podcast "Women Changing Finance", hosted by Krisztina Tora, is about the people reshaping finance for the better. Through real-life examples and deeply personal stories,... -
Bringing a Gender Lens to Technical Assistance: New Research Reveals the...
This blog, published on Next Billion, outlines G-SEARCh and WDI’s research to understand the financial benefits and other business outcomes of their TA engagements, the social... -
GSEARCH Case Study: Sanergy - Ag Training
This case study examines a program implemented by Sanergy, a social venture in Kenya, from April 2021 to 2022. The program focused on providing gender-smart technical assistance... -
GSEARCH Case Study: PowerGen - Renewable Energy
This G-SEARCh consortium case study details PowerGen Renewable Energy's gender-focused marketing campaign in Sierra Leone, which aimed to encourage existing customers,... -
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... -
Sweden: Sustainability-linked bond issued by a global investment firm
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment,this case study highlights 500 M Euro sustainability-... -
Finland: Sustainability bond issued by a development finance institution
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment, this case study highlights a 75M Euro sustainability... -
South Africa: Sustainability-linked bond issued by an industrial company
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, this case study highlights a dual-tranche, ($25M USD and $45M USD) sustainability-linked bond issued by... -
Mexico: Social bond issued by a public development bank
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment, this case study features two social bonds ($150 M USD... -
Tanzania: 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 features a $30 M USD social bond... -
Spain: Sustainability bond issued by a regional government
Part of series developed by UN Women and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange with the support of Luxembourg Aid & Devlopment, this case study features a series of sustainability...