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Why Women Should Not ‘Invest Everywhere’: The Trouble with Gender-Blind Investing
As an impact investor interested in gender equity, Pique Venture CEO Bonnie Foley-Wong recently shared a call to action on LinkedIn encouraging investors to focus more money and attention on women-managed funds. She soon faced some pushback from a male impact investor, saying that women shouldn’t just invest in other women, they should invest everywhere. She explains why that advice is not as simple as it sounds.
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- Investing
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Narrowing The Gender Gap: Meet The Women Scintillating Africa’s Tech Scene
With the emergence of many female-focused establishments such as TheBoardroom Africa (TBA) – who raised USD 2 Mn in January – and other groups delivering STEM courses to young girls, females are increasingly having a voice in Africa’s tech space.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- gender equality
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Less Golf, More Gender Equity: A Q&A with Impact Investor Morgan Simon
From filing shareholder resolutions as a teen to founding multiple impact investing funds and penning a successful book, Morgan Simon has spent nearly two decades combining finance and social justice in diverse and innovative ways. NextBillion caught up with her to discuss her distinctive career – and how her role within the sector has been shaped by her gender – in this interview, part of our special series 'By Women, For Women.'
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- Investing
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The Impact of Equal Education: Solutions to the Gender Disparity in Sub-Saharan African Schools
About 132 million girls are out of school around the world, and the problem is fundamentally tied to gender. With issues ranging from child marriage to misperceptions about menstruation, girls face unique obstacles to education in many countries. Mark Buttweiler explores how Bridge International Academies is tackling the gender disparity, via a multifaceted, research-based approach that supports equality both in the classroom and the surrounding community.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: Melinda Gates: How I Learned to See Agriculture (And Everything Else) as a Gender Issue
I'm embarrassed to say it now, but at the time, I wasn't thinking much about gender inequalities in connection to our anti-poverty work. I definitely wasn't thinking about them in relation to agriculture. I bet if you'd asked me to close my eyes and picture one of the farmers we were trying to reach, I would've pictured a man.
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- Agriculture
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Press release: IIX awarded S$1.2M from Australian government to develop ecosystem for gender lens investing in Asia
With a decade of experience building the impact investing market and driving women’s empowerment across the world, IIX will leverage its ecosystem and gender-focused approach to support the growth of 500 impact enterprises across Asia.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Investing with equal pay in mind may be more difficult than you think
Investors who are concerned about equal pay may want to consider certain gender and diversity funds that are making this issue a priority.
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- Investing
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From Counting Women to Valuing Women: Practical Impact Measurement Tools for Complex Contexts
The old way of measuring the gender equality of a company or program consisted of simply counting women – from the number of female employees and clients, to the number of women beneficiaries and board members. The new way is all about valuing women by collecting data on how they are impacted by a company or program. Rebecca Baylor at WDI's Performance Measurement team provides some concrete strategies for gender-based impact measurement and management.
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- Impact Assessment