Pursuing gender equality through investment in rural communities—Root Capital case study

Promoting gender equity is core to Root Capital’s mandate of improving rural livelihoods. The organisation approaches gender equity with a broad awareness of the challenges faced by rural women, and a corresponding commitment to support women as critical leaders in agriculture and as multipliers of impact for their families and communities.

This report documents Root Capital’s GLI journey, capturing the organisation’s goals and motivations, path toward realising those goals, challenges faced, results of the work, factors behind success, and key learning. It describes Root Capital’s entry points to GLI, and how the organisation gradually proceeded to embed gender across its programs and operations.

Key audiences for this report include those who aspire to increase their exposure to GLI practices and potentially adopt approaches in their own organisations, as well as the organisations they support and partner with. Insights will be most relevant for:

• Impact investors, especially those with an agricultural focus;
• Organisations promoting gender equity in rural communities; and
• Development donors and investors.

The report highlights best practice examples, tools, and strategies from Root Capital’s experience that investors and donors can tailor to their specific contexts and priorities.

This report was originally published on the Root Capital website.