Video: Understanding Gender and Finance in the Pacific

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Video: Understanding Gender and Finance in the Pacific

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Beyond Divestment: How Investors Can Disrupt Injustice in the US Criminal Justice System

October 9, 2020

The incarceration rate of women in the United States is at an all-time high, and most incarcerated women have experienced some form of gender-based violence whether before they were detained

Gender Lens Investing-2

ALL Investors-2

Campaigns

Gender Inequity as a Systemic Risk-2

Geography

United States-2

Reframes

Move from counting women to valuing gender patterns-2

Attention to Gender and Power in Rebuilding Economies

August 25, 2020

Women historically experience significant challenges to accessing capital and resources in pursuit of starting and maintaining businesses.

Pillars of Our Strategic Plan

Value the future of equality-2

Pillars of Our Strategic Plan

Finance the Reduction of Gender-based Violence-1

Approaches

Design-1

Gender Lens Investing-2

Campaigns

Investing to Address GBV-1

Reframing Resilience in the Time of COVID: Challenging the Status Quo and Transforming Power

August 28, 2020

In an aptly named recent NY Times article, Is Resilience Overrated?, Jami Attenberg wrote: “I want people to be proud of themselves for being resilient. It is an act of triumph to surpass challenges and traumas.

ALL Governments

ALL Organizations

Sovereign Funds

Geography

Global

Type of Material

Short Reflection

Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis with a Gender Lens: An Opportunity for Gender Lens Investors in Southeast Asia

July 15, 2020

The COVID-19 health crisis has caused unprecedented impact on global supply chains and capital flows.

Gender Lens Investing-2

ALL Governments-2

ALL Organizations

ALL Investors

Campaigns

Standards of Practice

Gender as Material to Infrastructure Projects: Reaching Better Outcomes by Applying a Gender Lens from Project Inception

July 21, 2020

This paper argues for the application of a gender lens at the earliest stage of developing better infrastructure projects, both in terms of development outcomes and risk-adjusted returns for investors.

ALL Governments

Campaigns

Investing to Address GBV

Geography

Global

Reframes

Move from counting women to valuing gender patterns

Reframes

In blending finance with government or philanthropic money, ensure the incentives aren't paying bias.

Q&A with Candide Group's Jasmine Rashid: Bringing a Social Justice Lens to Finance and Investment

July 14, 2020

In this issue of Criterion Connections, Tia Subramanian of the Criterion Institute speaks with Jasmine Rashid, Director of Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships at Candide Group, about investing for social change

National Organizations

Local Civil Society

Philanthropy

Campaigns

Localization

Geography

United States

Process Metrics that Analyze Power Dynamics in Investing

July 9, 2020

Process metrics are indicators that allow an examination of progress on gender or social equity overall.

Gender Lens Investing-1

ALL Governments-1

ALL Investors-1

Campaigns

Standards of Practice-1

Geography

Global-1

Q&A with The 22 Fund’s Tracy Gray: Catalyzing Systemic Change in Impact Investing and Venture Capital

July 14, 2020

In this issue of Criterion Connections, Christina Madden of the Criterion Institute speaks with Tracy Gray, Founder and Managing Partner of The 22 Fund

Gender Lens Investing-1

Philanthropy-1

Private Investors-1

Private Market Actors-1

Geography

United States-1

Q&A with Level Forward’s Adrienne Becker: Shifting Gender and Social Norms through Investments in Entertainment

July 14, 2020

In this issue of Criterion Connections, Christina Madden of the Criterion Institute speaks with Adrienne Becker, CEO and Co-founder of Level Forward

Gender Lens Investing-1

ALL Organizations-1

ALL Investors-1

Campaigns

Investing to Address GBV

Geography

Global

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