Why is gender lens investing still just a ‘drop in the ocean’ of mainstream finance? I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2022 GenderSmart Investing Summit in London. The Summit drew together gender lens investing experts, field builders and changemakers from around the world for two days of learning, connecting and collaboration. What is gender lens investing? Gender lens investing (GLI) integrates gender analysis into the investment process in order to produce better social …

Global Fund for Children Managing Director Hayley Roffey reflects on GFC’s decision to close for a week over the summer. In early August, GFC had our first-ever global well-being week, where we closed our ‘real life’ and virtual office doors to make way for rest, recuperation, and recovery. This is what I learned: It is super rare! When I mentioned it to people, it was hard for many to get their head around the idea …

Given the recent and ongoing seismic shocks to society from the pandemic, increased recognition of systemic inequities, and climate change, many philanthropies around the world, regardless of their form, experience, age and size, are facing the same question: how to better leverage their resources and capabilities to fulfil the promise of philanthropy to bring transformational change. Funders are increasingly challenged to review and crystallize not only what they seek to accomplish and the kind of …

Life is getting more expensive for everyone. In Britain, the official inflation rate is 9.1 per cent. America is not far behind at 8.6 per cent. Across the EU it’s averaging 8.8 per cent. But it’s worse if you’re poor. The poorest households spend a greater proportion of their income on items for which prices are rising the fastest. Low-income families in Britain for example spend a fifth of their budget on energy, compared with …