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The below videos were recorded at the GenderSmart 2022 Virtual Programme, and 2021 Virtual Summit. They represent the voices of gender-smart leaders and thinkers across the 2X community. Thank you to all the presenters and to Be Inspired Films for the edits.
1.Language and context of gender lens investing
Jargon abounds in modern life, and gender finance is no exception. Kelly Roberts-Robbins offers some key definitions and frames the conversation ahead.
April 2022
2.Integrated and intentional approaches
Kelly explains two broad approaches to gender-smart investing - and how investors can use both depending on the context.
April 2022
3.A short history of gender-smart investing
A whistlestop tour of key milestones, vehicles, research and events since the first gender lens public equity fund launched in 1993.
April 2022
4.Gender data, analysis, and impact measurement and management
Katharine Tengtio from British International Investment runs through one perspective on how gender can be integrated into data measurement and analysis, including an introduction to some key gender finance frameworks and how they’ve been used.
January 2021
5.Shareholder engagement
How can investors influence the public companies they’re invested in? The Founder and President of Tara Health Foundation, and co-author of The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk, presents Tara’s data-led corporate accountability theory of change.
January 2021
6.Gender finance as a tool for social change
It can be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture and potential for integrating gender as a factor of analysis. Rehana Nathoo of Spectrum Impact explains why it is material to addressing major social and climate issues, with some examples of what good looks like.
January 2021