Impact Investing Video Series: Advancing Women’s economic empowerment through Gender Lens Investing

Highlights

• What is Women’s Economic Empowerment? – Discover how economic empowerment enables women to advance and succeed economically and make impactful economic decisions, despite existing social and cultural barriers.
• Women’s Financing Gap – Learn about the significant financing gap affecting women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) worldwide, particularly in East Asia and the Pacific, and understand the importance of bridging this gap to drive economic growth.
• Impact Investing in Southeast Asia – Explore the process of impact investing, which aims to generate positive social and environmental impacts alongside financial returns, and its role in empowering women in Southeast Asia.
• Gender Lens Investing – Understand how incorporating a gender perspective in investing can lead to robust and sustainable economic growth by fully integrating women into the economy.
• Blended Finance for Women’s SMEs – Delve into the concept of blended finance and the urgent need to mobilize private sector resources to support women-owned SMEs, addressing the substantial financing gap in developing countries.