In an aptly named recent NY Times article, Is Resilience Overrated?, Jami Attenberg wrote: “I want people to be proud of themselves for being...
Archive for category: Gender
Civil Society and Impact Investing Brief
, Gender, Government Actors, Resources, Social Change LeadersCivil society plays a crucial role in bridging gaps between systems of finance and social impacts. Traditionally, civil society...
Unlocking the Opportunity in the Pacific Menstrual Health Market
, field-building, Gender, ResourcesIn September 2018 the Criterion Institute, supported by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Pacific RISE, facilitated...
Video: A Spiral Of Change: Understanding The Investment Impact Of Sexual And Gender-Based Violence
, Gender, gender-based violence, Investors, Resources, Social Change LeadersFrom Cornerstone Capital: Recently, Cornerstone Capital’s Head of Impact Strategy, Katherine Pease, sat down for an in-depth discussion...
Reflection: Gender Lens Investing Field-Building Event in Jakarta
, field-building, Gender, Investors, News, Resources, Social Change LeadersThis re-cap of the gender lens investing field-building event hosted in February by Investing in Women partners was contributed...
Video: Why Develop an Investment Thesis?
, Gender, Investors, News, Resources, Social Change LeadersCriterion Institute’s Joy Anderson, Pacific RISE impact investing lead, shares why Pacific RISE is developing an investment thesis.
A Blueprint for Women’s Funds Using Finance as a Tool for Social Change
, Blueprint, Gender, Reports, Resources, Social Change LeadersAs we continue to face challenges to achieving gender equality, we need to deploy all the strategies at our...
Design Session: Finance as a Tool to Address Gender-Based Violence
, Gender, gender-based violence, Investors, Resources, Social Change LeadersIn July 2017, we partnered with InFaith Community Foundation and Futures without Violence to bring together a group of over 30 leaders from...
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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...
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...
Reflection: Convergence Over the Years
, Congregations, Convergence, Gender, Resources, Social Change LeadersThe beauty of Convergence is its format. Convergence is not like other conferences. There are no speakers, no panels...
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: 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...
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...
Questions of social impact are central to the growth of impact investing. However, establishing impact standards and specific metrics...