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...
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: 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...
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...
Framework: Leverage Points – Places to Intervene in Systems
, Leaders Shaping Markets, Resources, Social Change LeadersThis pieces by Donella Meadows has been an extremely valuable tool across all of Criterion's market shaping initiatives. It...
Questions of social impact are central to the growth of impact investing. However, establishing impact standards and specific metrics...
We treat a Gender Lens as a viewfinder that reveals opportunities for the world of investing. In this...
In 2011, Joy attended a workshop by the OpEd Project on writing for influence. The first exercise was to...