Did you know that in the last few years, the number of funds adopting an investment approach promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment increased by more than 250%[1]?
Organizations with higher levels of women’s inclusion, particularly in senior positions, report better financial performance, risk management, and innovation, and private equity investment funds with gender balanced leadership teams generate a 20% higher net IRR2.
Take the Gender Lens Investing (GLI) Fund Manager Training to learn more.
FinDev Canada designed the Gender Lens Investing (GLI) Fund Manager Training as a beginner-friendly resource for fund managers and investment professionals to expand their capabilities on Gender Lens Investing using the 2X Criteria as the guiding framework. As a gender lens investor, FinDev Canada developed this training to support catalytic change in the investment community, recognizing the important role that fund managers play as a conduit for financing enterprises that generate positive impacts for women.
What makes this training unique?
It is adaptable, made up of three sessions which can be completed in a self-guided manner, or tailored and delivered with the support of a facilitator.
It lays the foundation for Gender Lens Investing as a concept, enabling participants to reflect on how to integrate these considerations in a practical manner across the investment lifecycle, and features case studies from fund managers and other corporate entities.
It involves exercises and practical application, making the training comprehensive, yet engaging and easily digestible, and the materials are available in English and French.
