Gender Lens Investing Tool: Designing an Action Plan

This toolkit helps foundations, women’s funds, and investors across asset classes to develop a gender lens investing strategy.

This tool can be used by anyone looking to develop a gender lens investing strategy – from foundations to women’s funds, to investors across asset classes. Following a standard investment cycle, this tool supports the design of an investment strategy with considerations for how gender dynamics might present risks and opportunities. It provides a framework to consider building a gender lens into new or existing strategies. This tool can be used to inform investment strategy or in diligence. Wherever you find yourself in your gender lens investing journey, we hope this tool helps expand imagination of what is possible in the field.

This toolkit is developed by Criterion with support from Investing in Women. It is also available on the Criterion website.