Audiences of all types (e.g., investors, invests, gender-based violence organizations) can identify ways to use their capital to finance the reduction of gender-based violence. Audiences need to match their resources to the context of the companies, sectors, and markets in which they invest. (e.g., geographical, sectoral, type of gender-based violence).The roadmaps on this webpage illustrate ways in which types of audiences can be used to finance the reduction of gender-based violence.
Private Investors
Private investors have the power and flexibility to move capital to address gender-based violence and/or flow resources towards survivors to shift how financial systems support the reduction of gender-based violence.
Financing the Reduction of Gender-Based Violence Through a Private Investors’ lens
Inviting private investors to imagine how to shift power dynamics within financial systems to finance the reduce the reduction of gender-based violence
Audience: Private investors
Types of violence: Workplace, domestic and online
Types of capital: Private equities, private debt
Investment approaches: Due diligence process and process metrics
Resources:
Criterion Institute’s Process Metrices that Analyze Power Dynamics in Investing
Criterion Institute’s Mitigating the Risks of Gender-Based Violence: A Due Diligence Guide for Investing
Common Standards on Gender-Based Violence for Private Companies
Creating standards and a framework that private market investors can use to reward and influence practices that mitigate violence and enable survivors to thrive
Audiences: Private investors, investment committees, and impact investors
Type of violence: Workplace violence and domestic violence
Type of capital: Private debt and private equity
Investment approach: Due diligence process, direct investing, and investor engagement
Resources:
Direct Service Providers
Direct service providers are closest to the ground and have deep expertise in the dynamics of violence prevention and response. Their expertise can inform more effective investment strategies, and investors can use their capital to support and scale direct service providers’ work.
Creating a Holding Company to Bolster Gender-Based Violence Direct Service Providers’ Power
Identifying alternative structures to finance the reduction of gender-based violence
Audiences: Impact investors, gender lens investors, and gender-based violence service providers
Geography: United States
Types of capital: Private debt, private equity, and grants
Sectors: Healthcare, real estate, and financial services
Investment approaches: Blended finance