All You Need to Know About the Principles for Giving With a Gender Lens
“Gender equality” has been a top buzzword in modern discourse, paving the way in the fight for women’s rights. However, the recent spotlight on these issues can sometimes blind us to the realities faced by women and girls. While these are issues on a global scale, women and girls in Asia tend to face bigger […]
Atsuko Fish Statement Against Anti-Asian Racism
Recently, out for a walk along a narrow road on Cape Cod, I passed a family wearing no masks. I asked them, “Where are your masks?” The father turned to me and said harshly, “Go home.” On another occasion I was out walking, followed by young girl on her bike. She asked where I lived, […]
Collaborative Philanthropy and Gender Equality Practices in South Asia
In line with the AVPN South Asia Summit held in Mumbai, India in December 2023, a few Asia Gender Network members were invited for a site visit to meet and discuss gender equality practices in India and Bangladesh. The gathering was held in Worli Koliwada, a cozy urban village set against the backdrop of Mumbai’s […]
Creating a Sustainable Future for Businesses With Gender Equality Mainstreaming
Women represent almost half of the global population, but when it comes to economic empowerment and power balance, it will be 132 years to see a world with complete gender equality, unless we dramatically increase the pace of change. Despite the increasing share of women in the paid workforce and leadership roles in recent years, limiting factors […]
Doing Capital Differently: How the Asia Gender Equality Fund is Innovating the Way We Give
At AVPN, we believe in re-imagining philanthropy and adapting to needs on the ground — and our recent work with the Asia Gender Equality Fund is an excellent showcase of that philosophy. Asia Gender Equality Fund The Asia Gender Equality Fund is an initiative catalysed by AVPN with support from Fondation CHANEL, Bill and Melinda […]
Fall in Love With the Problem, Not the Solution: A Wrap-up of AGN Day 2023
AGN Day 2023 saw a gathering of some AGN members in Kuala Lumpur, hosted by one of the members, Dato Kathleen Chew, Group Legal Counsel for the YTL Group, Programme Director of YTL Foundation. The day was designed to be interactive and insightful, including enriching discussions with experts and field visits to enhance members’ learning […]
Gender Agenda Episode 1: What Are We Missing?
Gender lens giving comes with a wide-ranging host of issues to address. To give them the proper care and consideration they require, we launched Gender Agenda — a podcast that takes a deeper and honest look at the concerns surrounding philanthropy and gender equality, hosted by Anita Kapoor. Gender Agenda made its debut on 30 […]
Gender Agenda Episode 2: Is There Room For Her?
The automobile and e-sports gaming industries have traditionally been male-dominated fields, a reality that further highlights the progress achieved by Pranapda Chirathivat (Pam) and Shinta Dhanuwardoyo — Director and VP of Business Development at Siam Motors Group, and CEO of Bubu.com respectively. In the second episode of Gender Agenda, our guests candidly shared about their […]
Gender Agenda Episode 3: Where’s Your Money Going?
Financing is the main topic on the table in the third episode of Gender Agenda. Gender-blind funding and investing is the traditional approach, revealing the need for a gender lens in this area. But even when investing with a gender lens, what exactly should we pay attention to? Our guests this episode — Vidya Shah, […]
Gender Agenda Episode 4: Who Sets These Rules?
Did you know — at the current rate, it will take an estimated 300 years to end child marriage, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and 47 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments. It’s a long fight uphill and a lot of […]
Gender Lens Investing Landscape: East and Southeast Asia | Sasakawa Peace Foundation
In recent years, gender lens investing (GLI) has gained traction globally as leading mainstream investors started to incorporate gender analysis into investment decision making, and as funders began to widely consider women’s entrepreneurship as a key to economic stability and sustainable development. Though still a nascent concept in Asia, GLI has been showing rapid growth […]
Global Gender Gap Report 2020 | World Economic Forum
At the dawn of the 2020s, building fairer and more inclusive economies must be the goal of global, national and industry leaders. To get there, instilling gender parity across education, health, politics and across all forms of economic participation will be critical. Over the past 14 years the Global Gender Gap Index included in this […]
How Is Asia Gender Network Pushing for More Pan-Asian Advocacy?
Originally published on Philanthropy Women, 7 April 2021. AVPN’s Asia Gender Network becomes the first pan-Asian network dedicated to the funding advancement of women and girls. According to recent reports from the World Economic Forum, the world at large is still decades away from achieving total gender equality. In Asia, which holds 60% of the world’s […]
How to Invest With a Gender Lens: A Guide for Investors in Emerging Markets | Investing in Women
Globally, awareness of gender lens investing continues to gain momentum, but this awareness must translate to action and movement of capital, especially during this period of COVID-19 response and recovery. Thus, how fund managers invest is just as important as what they invest in. This perspective not only demands a technical approach (gender analysis, tools, […]
Investment in Asia’s ‘Care Economy’ Carries Broad Benefits
The Ripple Effect of Supporting Women and Girls: Ratnadewi Lim’s Journey
It started with a dream. Ratnadewi Lim had always aspired to climb the corporate ladder, and she had the intelligence and determination to achieve it. With gumption and hard work, she obtained excellent grades for her STPM examinations, a pre-university requisite in Malaysia. However, despite her outstanding performance, Ratnadewi had difficulty gaining admission into the […]
Women-led Development: Key Takeaways From The 2023 G20 New Delhi Summit
AVPN is committed to promoting gender equality through scalable, systemic, and actionable change. That is why we continue to direct a range of capital sources, including private social investments and policy initiatives, towards creating a significant impact. As such, we continuously update our strategies in response to global developments. One such example is the recent […]
