Over the last three years, Criterion has worked to prove that finance can be a tool to address gender-based violence. These Roadmaps provide guidance on where we see the most significant opportunities and what needs to be done to advance those opportunities. This is not a comprehensive solution to address gender-based violence. Finance is but one tool in the broader work of ending violence. We seek to identify opportunities where engaging systems of finance can fit into the broader landscape of violence prevention and response efforts.
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This article by Criterion founder Joy Anderson shares some early lessons learned from developing an investment thesis for the Pacific
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For five years from 2007 to 2012, Criterion, with Good Capital and the Access Project, examined the root causes of medical debt and designing an innovative approach to leverage financial systems to alleviate the burden.
Improving urban hospital systems’ access to rural women and children open up a significant market that allow for improvements in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH).
Whether you are part of a foundation working to end domestic poverty, a women’s rights organization promoting gender equality in government policy, a not for profit building sustainable housing in Asia
Day to day, we are asked to construct our expertise and determine which expertise to trust. She knows your business can work because she’s got an MBA; he lived in Mali with a tribe and therefore can evaluate programs in the developing world.
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