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Reflection: Gender Lens Investing Field-Building Event in Jakarta

August 31, 2022

This re-cap of the gender lens investing field-building event hosted in February by Investing in Women partners was contributed by ANGIN (Angel Investment Network Indonesia).

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Shift Narratives in innovative finance
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Congregational Stories: Lending, Learning, Leading

August 31, 2022

More than two years ago, The Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) in Ruxton, Maryland, launched its Micro-Lending Program. To date they have made 11 loans totaling $34,750. How did they do it?

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Demonstrating New Possibilities: The Pacific RISE Investment Thesis

August 30, 2023

Pacific RISE is using an investment thesis to engage with investors and broaden the sense of possibilities about what types of opportunities exist in the Pacific.

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Report: State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing in Asia

August 30, 2022

The State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing in Asia was published in September 2015. This report is a summary of a year-long collaboration between USAID’s Patty Alleman and Criterion’s Joy Anderson, during which they engaged 200 leaders working on gender lens investing in Asia.

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Report: State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing

July 28, 2016

Criterion Institute’s President, Joy Anderson, and Katherine Miles authored the State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing report documenting a comprehensive history of the field and strategies for the road ahead.

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A Blueprint for Women's Funds Using Finance as a Tool for Social Change

August 31, 2022

This is a guide for organizations and individuals actively seeking to create gender equitable social change. In particular, it equips women’s funds to design strategies that use systems of finance and investments as tools to create the social change they seek.

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