Unlocking gender-smart capital at scale
2X Global is the leading membership network and field-building organisation for institutions financing and investing in women.
What we do
We advance finance as a force for equity through our three strategic pillars, making gender-smart investing accessible, credible, and scalable.
Build Investor Capacity: Equipping organisations with expertise, networks and educational forums
Advance Global Standards: Setting the benchmark for credibility and integrity with our certification and standards
Shift Markets at Scale: Mobilising billions in capital through the collective action of our community
Build capacity / Advance and align standards / Shape and shift markets
What we believe
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Global sustainability and equal opportunity, powered by inclusive, equitable, and gender-smart systems of finance.
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To equip and engage the full spectrum of investors, intermediaries, and innovators capable of transforming systems of finance through the gender-smart deployment of capital across asset classes and markets.
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We believe the future of finance demands a fundamental shift in how the world sees gender.
We exist to shine a light on the benefits of gender-smart investing and its potential to create ripples of positive change in society, and the way it drives business.
We invite forward-thinking investors, intermediaries, and innovators to commit to making smarter financial decisions.
The kind where capital markets are leveraged for gender parity – proving that diversity can benefit the bottom line, while making a meaningful difference.
How? By building expertise. Advancing standards. Shifting markets to unlock equitable capital at scale, across the entire value chain.
And we do it all because it’s our vision to transform the global finance system for good.
With a growing community of people in finance whose beliefs and values align with shaping a fairer, more prosperous world; ours is a collective voice to amplify that ambition.
Together, we champion finance as a route to social change, creating shared value and social impact through investment.
Now is the time to combine portfolio and purpose. To choose good business sense, that does good for the world. The 2X effect is always win:win.
This is innovation. This is progress. This is simply smarter investing.
This is 2X Global.
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2X Global is transforming the financial system to enable and drive positive outcomes for women, girls, and marginalised groups.
Read more about our theory of change here.
Common standards, blended finance and gender technical assistance are the three conditions needed to move gender-responsive climate investments from promising practice to global scale. A new 2X Global paper submitted to the UNFCCC explains how.
Since its launch at the 2018 G7 Summit, the 2X Challenge has become a flagship initiative in the global movement to mobilise capital for women’s economic empowerment. This report outlines the business case for 2X qualification, with a focus on what motivates investees to seek 2X qualification, where they experience most commercial value, and how investors can tailor their strategies and support to enhance the value, uptake, and market resonance of 2X qualification across investee types.
The 2X Global Annual Report 2025 highlights the progress we made together over the past year to advance financing and investing in women. It showcases the collective impact of our members, partners and team in strengthening the field, driving gender-smart finance, and expanding economic and other opportunities for women around the world. The report also provides an overview of our activities and financial performance.
Online learning platform for emerging gender-smart fund managers, offering modular courses from VC basics to fund exits — built on real-world expertise and industry insights.
Free, beginner-friendly training for fund managers and investment professionals looking to integrate gender lens investing into their practice, built around the 2X Criteria framework and available in English and French.
This guidance clarifies how the 2X Criteria align with the OECD DAC Gender Equality Policy Marker, supporting investors in reporting consistently across both frameworks. It offers practical direction for Development Finance Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks and private investors seeking to strengthen gender-responsive investment design, implementation and reporting.
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Development finance institutions / Fund managers / Wealth and asset managers / Family offices / Pension funds / Multi-lateral development banks Banks / Financial institutions / Insurance companies / Foundations / Philanthropy and donor organisations / Corporates with gender lens activities Intermediaries and service providers / Industry-shaping organisations
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From development finance institutions and pension funds to family offices and fund managers, our members are shaping the future of finance.