The Bible Study is a resource to support congregations and individuals committed to discovering God’s Economy and transforming our...
Congregational Stories: This is What Discovering God’s Economy Looks Like
, Congregations, ResourcesCriterion Institute’s develops congregational guides and support in an initiative to build a base of congregations and individuals committed...
Kerry Hannon writes for Forbes on the double payoff of gender lens investing after her interest was sparked reading Gender Lens...
This poem was inspired by a wonderful quote used by both Martin Luther King Jr., and President Barack Obama...
Reflection: Experiencing TOOLKIT
, Congregations, Gender, Investors, Resources, Social Change Leaders, TOOLKITSince 2016, Criterion Institute has been delivering our signature workshop, TOOLKIT for Using Finance for Social Change to audiences...
USAID’s Patty Alleman, and our very own Joy Anderson co-authored a serious of blogs documenting their travels in Asia as they sought to...
The resources below, represent a collection of notable resources on gender lens investing published in 2015. Criterion Institute’s president,...
Report: State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing
, field-building, Gender, Investors, Reports, Resources, Social Change LeadersCriterion Institute’s President, Joy Anderson, and Katherine Miles authored the State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing report...
Connie Evans, President and CEO, Association for Enterprise Opportunity, writes on Microbusinesses in the Huffington Post: //www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-evans/microbusiness-creating-a-_b_5527179.html
Many investors and business managers would like to take a similar approach to improving their own organizations’ gender strategies. But...
Reflection: Reframes as a Tool in a Social Movement
, Convergence, Gender, Resources, Social Change LeadersIn 2013, intern Scott Elias reflected on 4 different reframes discussed at Convergence XII and considered the power of...
Reframe: Gender & Women – Identity and Material Reality
, Convergence, Gender, Resources, Social Change LeadersIn 2013, intern Scott Elias reflected on 4 different reframes discussed at Convergence XII and considered the power of each reframe...
Reframe: Gender as an Opportunity (Not a Screen) in Finance
, Convergence, Gender, Resources, Social Change LeadersIn 2013, intern Scott Elias reflected on 4 different reframes discussed at Convergence XII and considered the power of each reframe...
In 2013, intern Scott Elias reflected on 4 different reframes discussed at Convergence XII and considered the power of each reframe...
Reframe: Finance as Opportunity to Transform (Gendered) Social Systems
, Convergence, Gender, Resources, Social Change LeadersIn 2013, intern Scott Elias reflected on 4 different reframes discussed at Convergence XII and considered the power of each reframe...
Reflection: Gender Lens Investing – From Margins to Mainstream
, Gender, Investors, Resources, Social Change LeadersIn this article, Stephanie Marton, Associate Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, presents a practical and strategical perspective to...
Reflection: Power Plays – Scenarios from “Stories of Power”
, Convergence, Power, Resources, Social Change LeadersBelow Hannah Lewis, former intern at Criterion Institute delves into some of the central themes from a 2013 Convergence...
Reflection: Gender Lens Investing by Linda Scott of Double X Economy
, Gender, Resources, Social Change LeadersAfter a conversation with Criterion’s Joy Anderson about gender lens investing, Linda Scott, the DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the...
Reflection: System Changers Meeting in London
, Gender, Leaders Shaping Markets, Power, Resources, Social Change LeadersInspired by a meeting in London with Criterion’s Joy Anderson and other leaders engaged with systems change, Linda Scott, the DP World...
Demonstrating New Possibilities: Alternative Term Sheets as a Game Changer
, Gender, Investors, Resources, Social Change LeadersRecently, social enterprise aficionado, Kerri Murphy, took the time to listen in on a call about a gender lens...
Gender Lens Investing: Notable Resources from 2012
, Gender, Investors, Resources, Social Change LeadersWe have compiled great articles from 2012 to help your understanding of gender lens investing. Goldman Sachs – Power...
For five years from 2007 to 2012, Criterion, with Good Capital and the Access Project, examined the root causes...
Gender Lens Investing pervaded Socap12. We pulled together a team of Gender Lens Investing Champions – over 40 women...
During SOCAP12, the annual convening for the impact investing community, Joy Anderson sat down with reporter Lucy Soto of...
Reflection: Leaders Shaping Market Systems – London Dialogues
, Leaders Shaping Markets, Resources, Social Change LeadersWe launched the Leaders Shaping Markets initiative in 2012 and began by identifying the initial set of Community of...
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