In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Investing in Women recognise the challenges our team, partner organisations and communities face. Click here to read our advisory on COVID-19.
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Impact Investing
We partner with Impact Investors and ecosystem builders to expand market opportunities for women, with a view to incentivising and catalysing access to capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - led by and responsive to the needs of women.
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The implications of COVID-19 on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Women and men will be affected differently by both the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. How can our responses meet the needs of both women and men?
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IW End of Phase 1 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Report
This fact sheet presents Investing in Women’s achievements and key lessons across its four areas of work in Phase 1: Business Partnerships, Impact Investing, Government Partnerships and Advocacy and Communication.
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COVID-19 and Women’s Economic Participation
This report highlights the unequivocal findings of the academic literature on previous recessions and pandemics: women’s economic security and wellbeing, more so than men’s, is negatively impacted, pre-existing inequalities are exacerbated and gender equality set back. These negative consequences for women should be addressed by the systematic inclusion of women’s participation and leadership and gender-specific analyses in crisis response and recovery strategies.
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Workplace Gender Equality
We support Business Coalitions who work with influential businesses on shifting workplace cultures, practices and policy barriers to achieve workplace gender equality.
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RISE Fund – Supporting women’s SMEs in South East Asia
Investing in Women has launched the RISE Fund (Responsive Interventions Supporting Entrepreneurs) to inject capital into a select number of women’s SMEs for COVID-19 response and recovery in the region.
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empowering women economically is not
only the right thing to do — it’s the smart
thing to do.The evidence is clear — women’s economic empowerment is critical to
economic growth. One of the best ways to grow economies and achieve
stronger communities is to empower women and improve their economic
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Influencing Gender Norms
We work with partners to positively shift attitudes and practices to support women in the world of work.
Investing in Women
What’s New
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May
2020
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Let’s make women’s economic empowerment part of the ‘new normal’
As the second half of 2020 approaches, we realise how much COVID-19 has directly affected society, the economy, and our everyday lives. Women are disproportionately affected ...
08
May
2020
2020
The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on South East Asian Women: Case studies from Malaysia and Indonesia
South East Asian women are putting themselves in highly vulnerable positions for the betterment of their countries. However, despite their sacrifices, women are more negatively ...
22
May
2020
2020
Innovation, reinvention and inclusion: Businesses responding to COVID-19
The global economy is in a continuous state of disruption. In this climate, business leaders are pressured to make crucial decisions in order to maintain ...
05
May
2020
2020
Investing in Women launches RISE Fund to assist women’s SMEs in South East Asia
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Investing in Women has launched the RISE Fund – Responsive Interventions Supporting Entrepreneurs – to assist in the recovery of women’...
30
Apr
2020
2020
Doubling down on Gender Lens Investing: What can investors do right now in the face of the COVID-19 crisis?
As the world economy grapples with unprecedented shocks during the COVID-19 crisis, many investors, philanthropists and development finance institutions (DFIs) are pouring efforts into creating ...
14
Apr
2020
2020
The influence of urban millennials on gender norms
When women’s economic empowerment programmes are challenged by gender norms, as is already happening in the response to COVID-19, it should not be the ...
14
Apr
2020
2020
Gender equality at work: South East Asia’s other hurdle
Across the ASEAN region, countries and companies have been engaging in the equality debate for several years. Investing in Women has been working closely with ...
01
Apr
2020
2020
Addressing the gendered impacts and economic implications of COVID-19
Since the first suspected case was reported to the World Health Organization in December 2019, COVID-19 has become a global pandemic, infecting close to 700,000 people and ...
19
Mar
2020
2020
Gender issues in the face of COVID-19
As nations clamber for ways to mitigate risk and minimise casualty with the increasing number of COVID-19 cases around the globe, the gendered impacts of ...
13
Mar
2020
2020
Tackling Social Norms | A game changer for gender inequalities
This publication is based on research for the 2019 Human Development Report, which highlights how progress towards gender equality confronts moving targets and inequality traps, with ...
12
Mar
2020
2020
Why and how should we value unpaid work?
This policy note outlines why housework is a social issue and why and how it should be recognised and valued.
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