Women Effect Investments Initiative Bringing a Gender Lens to Investing

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Goldman Sachs

Nike Foundation

World Bank

Hillary Clinton 100 Years, 100 Women

Blurring of the Lines

Social investments seek to generate both financial returns for investors and social returns that benefit broader society

High

Philanthropists: Maximizing social returns

Social Returns

Social Investors: Blended Value Social and financial returns

Investors: Maximizing profit

Low

High

Financial Returns
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Women Effect Investments (WEI)

A field-building initiative that seeks to mobilize more investment dollars toward improving the condition of women and girls worldwide

Mobilizing investors towards generating the Women Effect through investment Supporting existing and creating new investment opportunities with a gender lens

When women are economic agents and leaders, social change accelerates and returns multiply This is the WOMEN EFFECT
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Three Gender Lenses

A gender lens serves as a viewfinder for investment opportunities both from impact and financial return perspectives

Workplace Equity

Access to Capital

Products & Services

Strategic Philanthropy Plays a Catalytic Role

Enabling Organizations

Research and Education

Runway / Balance Sheet Enhancement

Technical Assistance

6 Building the Gender Lens Investing Field