Civil society plays a crucial role in bridging gaps between systems of finance and social impacts. Traditionally, civil society...
On December 31st, when you’re with family and friends, reflecting on your new year’s resolution for this coming decade,...
The Blueprint is a document about social change, written for change makers. The focus of the Blueprint is to...
Interest is swelling in gender lens investing across the globe. With this swell is an increased use of gender-related...
Reflection: Beyond Borders Forum – Building the Runway for Young Women to Enter the Global Workforce
By Amy Chen Last month, I had the privilege of attending the second annual Beyond Borders Forum, hosted by...
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...
From Cornerstone Capital: Recently, Cornerstone Capital’s Head of Impact Strategy, Katherine Pease, sat down for an in-depth discussion...
Over 40 gender and finance experts came together with community leaders in Ho Chi Minh City for a two-day...
Now is a critical moment to shape the terms of capital in Southeast Asia. More than ever, investments are...
Conversations about the intersection of finance and gender are gaining traction and generating exciting momentum for the field of...
“But I’m not sure how that’s truly material.” This is a refrain we hear constantly when we talk to...
Following four years of engagement with Grand Challenges Canada, an initiative funded by the Canadian government, Criterion is excited to share insights...
Jakarta, Indonesia, 2 February 2018 – Over 70 investors, business and finance leaders, and gender experts from Southeast Asia came...
This re-cap of the gender lens investing field-building event hosted in February by Investing in Women partners was contributed...
This was contributed by Nina Weissberg. Nina Weissberg, CEO of Weissberg Investment Corp (WIC), guides a diverse portfolio of long-term real...
Criterion Institute’s Joy Anderson, Pacific RISE impact investing lead, shares why Pacific RISE is developing an investment thesis.
Pacific RISE will use gender lens investing to incorporate gender into financial analysis to improve investments and promote equitable...
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As we continue to face challenges to achieving gender equality, we need to deploy all the strategies at our...
Pacific RISE is using an investment thesis to engage with investors and broaden the sense of possibilities about what...
In 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...
Since 2016, Criterion Institute has been delivering our signature workshop, TOOLKIT for Using Finance for Social Change to audiences...
The resources below, represent a collection of notable resources on gender lens investing published in 2015. Criterion Institute’s president,...
Criterion Institute’s President, Joy Anderson, and Katherine Miles authored the State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing report...
The 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...