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Jennifer Schechter: #MeToo meets #HealthForAll: How achieving universal health coverage can (and should) drive gender equity

“The #MeToo movement went international recently as a chorus of voices called attention to gender inequities in the fields of global health and development. Laurie Garrett took aim at the power imbalance in public health in her piece on foreign policy. A Twitter storm was unleashed after Duncan Green posted an all-male list of ten […]

August 17, 2021
Charlotte Wagner & Catherine Gill: Why Feminist Philanthropy? For All the Relationship Reasons

Here’s an indisputable fact: The future of philanthropy is female. A huge amount of wealth is now in women’s hands, and they are ready to invest it where it’s needed most: 73% of donors worldwide are women. Of the impending $41 trillion wealth transfer between generations, 70%will be inherited by women. Women give almost twice […]

August 17, 2021
Katie Naeve: 5 Tips for Adopting a Gender Lens Investing Strategy

Gender lens investing is an increasingly popular approach for impact-focused investors. In just the last few years, the number of firms investing with a gender lens has exploded, and these firms have gone from raising $1.1 billion in capital in 2017 to $4.8 billion in 2019. On top of that, the global 2X Challenge recently […]

August 17, 2021
Cameron Van Fossen: Voice from the Field – A Donor Conversation with Cameron Van Fossen

Harvard Square (Y2Y) is the nation’s first student-run homeless shelter for young adults. Having served over 500 unique guests since its inception, Y2Y often receives guests from a variety of circumstances including those who struggle with poverty Watch on Vimeo >

August 17, 2021
A High Level Digital Summit: Women in Global Health Security

The COVID-19 crisis has been a stark reminder that global health is a fundamental security concern. The pandemic has exposed deep inequalities in health and social systems at global and national levels, including gender inequities, weakening our collective ability to tackle COVID-19 and generate improved health outcomes into the future. It is clear that the […]

August 17, 2021
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