Gender-Smart Investing: Unlocking Capital for Sustainable Impact
Join AVPA for a powerful conversation on Gender-Smart Investing, where we explore how directing capital through a gender lens drives sustainable impact and financial returns. This session brings together investors, fund managers, foundations, CSOs, family offices, DFIs, social enterprises, and entrepreneurs to discuss practical strategies for integrating gender considerations into investment decisions. What You’ll Gain:
– The business case for gender-smart investing
– Why investors should integrate a gender perspective
– Current impact metrics
– Insights on how gender-smart investing is driving measurable change
– Real-world case studies
– Lessons from investors and social enterprises successfully leveraging gender-lens capital
Moderator
Matebe Chisiza, Southern Africa Regional Director, AVPA Speakers
1. Jenni Chamberlain, Founder and Partner of Altree Capital
2. Lelemba Phiri, Gender Lens Investor, Partner and Co-Founder at ATG Samata
3. Kate Perkins, Interim Head of Gender and Diversity Finance, British International Investment plc
4. Monica Musonda, Founder and CEO Java Foods
Location: Remote
Date: Monday, March 17, 2025
