We invite you to explore the insights and ideas we’re developing, resources and tools we’ve created, media where our work has been amplified, and upcoming events we will be hosting or attending.
Resources
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Congregational Stories: Relationships and Microlending’s Best Dividend
Now in our third year of interest-free lending to small businesses in greater Austin, University United Methodist’s most valuable...
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Congregational Resources: Stories and Testimonials
Swapping stories is how we make friends. It is also how we learn from one another and build community....
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Unlocking the Opportunity in the Pacific Menstrual Health Market
In September 2018 the Criterion Institute, supported by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Pacific RISE, facilitated...
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Congregation Stories: It’s All About Relationships
The Union Church in Waban, Massachusetts, extended its first 1K Churches loan in October, 2017 to Sandra Okiror-Njoroge, owner...
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Key Concepts in Gender: A Primer for Investors
Interest is swelling in gender lens investing across the globe. With this swell is an increased use of gender-related...
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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...
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Gender Lens Investing Tool: Designing an Action Plan
Gender lens investing is the incorporation of a gender analysis into the systems of investing to make better decisions....
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Criterion Connections: Building the Field of Gender Lens Investing with Oxfam America’s Laté Lawson-Lartego
It’s a remarkable time for gender lens investing, and for Criterion Institute. In the last few weeks alone, we’ve...
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Congregations Stories: Emmanuel Lutheran’s Micro-lending Initiative Part II
From Mountaintop through the Valley of Implementation Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Naples, FL conducted its first 1K micro-lending retreat in...
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Implementation Guide: Lending Through a Group of Small Business Owners
Most 1K Churches choose the simplest, most direct pathway for their loan to a small business. We call it...
News
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Reflection: Making Gender-Based Violence Material to the World of Finance
“But I’m not sure how that’s truly material.” This is a refrain we hear constantly when we talk to...
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Growing the Field: Finance and gender experts brought together in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia, 2 February 2018 – Over 70 investors, business and finance leaders, and gender experts from Southeast Asia came...
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Reflection: Gender Lens Investing Field-Building Event in Jakarta
This re-cap of the gender lens investing field-building event hosted in February by Investing in Women partners was contributed...
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Reflection: Finance as a Tool to Address Gender-Based Violence Workshop, January 22-23, 2018
This was contributed by Nina Weissberg. Nina Weissberg, CEO of Weissberg Investment Corp (WIC), guides a diverse portfolio of long-term real...
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Congregational Stories: Lending, Learning, Leading
More than two years ago, The Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) in Ruxton, Maryland, launched its Micro-Lending Program....
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Audio: Interviews on Gender Lens Investing and Public Equities
As part of our ongoing sponsored research project into gender lens investing and public equities, we interviewed two of...
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Video: Why Develop an Investment Thesis?
Criterion Institute’s Joy Anderson, Pacific RISE impact investing lead, shares why Pacific RISE is developing an investment thesis.
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Video: Pacific RISE and Gender Lens Investing
Pacific RISE will use gender lens investing to incorporate gender into financial analysis to improve investments and promote equitable...
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Three gender-lens investing truths we learned developing an impact strategy in the Pacific
This article by Criterion founder Joy Anderson shares some early lessons learned from developing an investment thesis for the...
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SOCAP 2016 and Gender: Something’s Gotta Give (ImpactAlpha)
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