21 April 2020 | Video
Impact Investing Video Series: Advancing Women’s economic empowerment through Gender Lens Investing
Summary
This video series delves into key aspects of women’s economic empowerment, including the definition and importance of economic empowerment, the significant financing gap for women-owned SMEs, the role of impact investing and gender lens investing, and the potential of blended finance to support women’s businesses. Discover how these concepts can drive gender equality and economic growth in developing regions.
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.
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Impact Investing Video Series: Blended Finance for Women’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
In developing countries, an estimated 70% of women-owned SMEs in the formal sector are unserved or under-served by financial institutions—a financing gap of USD 287 Billion. Urgent action is needed to mobilise, redirect and unlock the transformative power of private sector resources.
Impact Investing Video Series: Gender Lens Investing
Economic growth is more robust and sustainable when both men and women can fully participate in the economy. However, women continue to be underrepresented in the economy, making the women’s sector an untapped market opportunity.
Impact Investing Video Series: What is Women’s Economic Empowerment?
A woman is economically empowered when she has both the ability to advance and succeed economically; and has the power to make and act on economic decisions. But today, the women of the world remain underrepresented in the economy because of prevailing social and cultural barriers, especially as entrepreneurs.