Reimagining the Future of Work COVID-19 has upended most projections of what the economy – and our daily lives...
The incarceration rate of women in the United States is at an all-time high, and most incarcerated women have...
In an aptly named recent NY Times article, Is Resilience Overrated?, Jami Attenberg wrote: “I want people to be proud of themselves for being...
Women historically experience significant challenges to accessing capital and resources in pursuit of starting and maintaining businesses. This reality...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfU_0c4Et4
For the past two years, Criterion Institute has been in collaboration with old and new friends about how we can use finance to address gender-based...
This paper argues for the application of a gender lens at the earliest stage of developing better infrastructure projects,...
Building on years of existing work and partnerships, Criterion Institute launched the Power of Policy Program this February of...
The COVID-19 health crisis has caused unprecedented impact on global supply chains and capital flows. These changes are having,...
In this issue of Criterion Connections, Tia Subramanian of the Criterion Institute speaks with Jasmine Rashid, Director of Advocacy...
In this issue of Criterion Connections, Christina Madden of the Criterion Institute speaks with Gerry Hudson, Secretary-Treasurer of the...
In this issue of Criterion Connections, Christina Madden of the Criterion Institute speaks with Adrienne Becker, CEO and Co-founder...
In this issue of Criterion Connections, Christina Madden of the Criterion Institute speaks with Tracy Gray, Founder and Managing...
Process metrics are indicators that allow an examination of progress on gender or social equity overall. They allow thinking...
Criterion Institute, with the generous support of Dreilinden, has released “Investing with an LGBTQI Lens: Rethinking Gender Analysis Across...
As COVID-19 has laid bare the inequities that have long plagued our nation’s economy, it is no surprise that...
The Tipping Point Our world has been turned upside down. In a few short months, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the...
By Catherine Poulton, UNICEF, and Tia Subramanian, Criterion Institute Criterion Institute and UNICEF have partnered to create a due diligence tool for investors to...
Entrenched systems of power, including financial systems, tip the scales in ways that perpetuate inequality and deny many the...
Finance is one of the most powerful systems on earth. This opportunity brief from UNICEF and Criterion Institute...
Civil society plays a crucial role in bridging gaps between systems of finance and social impacts. Traditionally, civil society...
In this podcast episode, SheEO Founder Vicki Saunders sits down with Joy Anderson to talk about what’s broken with...
Now in our third year of interest-free lending to small businesses in greater Austin, University United Methodist’s most valuable...
Swapping stories is how we make friends. It is also how we learn from one another and build community....
The Union Church in Waban, Massachusetts, extended its first 1K Churches loan in October, 2017 to Sandra Okiror-Njoroge, owner...
Interest is swelling in gender lens investing across the globe. With this swell is an increased use of gender-related...
Gender lens investing is the incorporation of a gender analysis into the systems of investing to make better decisions....
This issue of Criterion Connections, featuring Oxfam America’s Laté Lawson-Lartego, is adapted from a Conversation for Change led by...
From Mountaintop through the Valley of Implementation Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Naples, FL conducted its first 1K micro-lending retreat in...
Most 1K Churches choose the simplest, most direct pathway for their loan to a small business. We call it...