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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Influencing Gender Norms
We work with partners to positively shift attitudes and practices to support women in the world of work.
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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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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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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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empowering women economically is not
only the right thing to do — it’s the smart
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economic growth. One of the best ways to grow economies and achieve
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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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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.
Investing in Women
What’s New
03
Aug
2020
2020
Empathic leadership and gender equality are key to a responsive and inclusive recovery– Launch of Male Champions of Change in the Philippines
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 ...
14
Jul
2020
2020
Manila Angel Investors Network partners with the Australian government to invest in more women-owned and women-led businesses in the Philippines
The Manila Angel Investors Network (MAIN) and Investing in Women are partnering to improve access to early stage capital for women’s SMEs in the ...
20
Jul
2020
2020
IW forges new partnerships for influencing gender norms
Investing in Women (IW) is supporting local organisations in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam to step up as champions for positively influencing gender norms. IW ...
24
Jul
2020
2020
Women’s SMEs in the Philippines get boost for COVID-19 recovery with new partnership between Investing in Women and the Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc.
To address the financing gap and help women’s SMEs grow to their full potential, Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government, has ...
20
Jul
2020
2020
New USD10 million impact fund launches in Indonesia to promote women entrepreneurs
Investing in Women is supporting the establishment of the Indonesia Women Empowerment Fund (IWEF) to address barriers to women’s economic empowerment by investing in ...
06
Jul
2020
2020
Women’s economic empowerment and leadership are key to COVID-19 crisis recovery—conference
Investing in Women (IW) CEO Julia Newton-Howes joined YCAB Foundation Founder and CEO Veronica Colondam and RBL Bank Head for HR,CSR and Internal Branding ...
06
Jul
2020
2020
COVID-19, economic crisis and gender equality in Asia
The global research evidence is clear: economic crises exacerbate pre-existing inequalities, damaging the employment opportunities and economic security of women more than men. The 1980s ...
23
Jun
2020
2020
Women’s economic empowerment at a time of crisis: Can COVID-19 be different?
Like previous crises, the COVID-19 pandemic will have clear gendered impacts. We need policymakers and the private sector to understand the benefits gender equality brings: ...
26
May
2020
2020
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 ...
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