Gender Lens Investing

Advance Praise

“To achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals, we must achieve gender equality – and engaging the private sector in this effort is essential. Gender Lens Investing lays out the case for why this is more than a moral obligation; it's an economic opportunity investors can't afford to miss.”

Kathy Calvin, President & Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation

“Leading organizations around the world have seen how truly inclusive economic practices lead to increased prosperity for all. Quinlan and VanderBrug detail how and why, and then introduce us to the institutions and investors at the front of this trend. The result is a comprehensive and inspirational read.”

Dr. Marcos Eguiguren, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Banking on Values

“A gender lens makes for better, more informed investment. And investors have an important role in promoting a much needed focus on gender equity in the financial industry and the wider world it affects. Quinlan and VanderBrug help point the way.”

David Wood, Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard Kennedy School

Global investors increasingly understand that promoting the status of women is not just a moral imperative but a strategic one; it's essential to economic prosperity and to global peace and security. But actions have not matched understanding. Gender Lens Investing provides readers with the critical bridge - not only the why but the how – an in ...