Over the last three years, Criterion has worked to prove that finance can be a tool to address gender-based violence. These Roadmaps provide guidance on where we see the most significant opportunities and what needs to be done to advance those opportunities. This is not a comprehensive solution to address gender-based violence. Finance is but one tool in the broader work of ending violence. We seek to identify opportunities where engaging systems of finance can fit into the broader landscape of violence prevention and response efforts.
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Reimagining gender lens investing futures is both a reflection on the field today and a hopeful vision for where it could go, grounded in the real work of field builders across geographies and sectors. These practitioners continue to defend gender’s continued relevance to finance in the face of resistance. They are also expanding its role, reimagining its potential as a tool for change, and building the infrastructure needed to sustain that change over the next decade.
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This report presents the activities, outputs and outcomes of a joint initiative between Coralus and Criterion Institute, two organizations that are innovating finance for social good. The initiative broughttogether 45 contributors from Coralus and 15 experts from Criterion to explore how to design and implement financial models that support women and non-binary entrepreneurs in diverse and inclusive ways.
Criterion Institute and the Equality Fund explored these ideas in a recent webinar featuring Yifat Susskind, Executive Director of Madre, Joy Anderson, Co-founder of Criterion Institute, and Kat Im-Jenkins, Managing Director of the Equality Fund.
On 1 January 2023, the Criterion Institute released a new compensation structure for employees and contractors, aiming to create transparency in compensation throughout the entire organization. The new structure was aimed at supporting the diverse workforce drawn from a variety of backgrounds across the globe and to support continued pay equity across this workforce. Based on a lockstep model of equal pay for equal experience and roles, the compensation model removes all secrecy from pay structures.
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