An opportunity to connect with peers and go deeper on the most critical and relevant issues in gender lens investing. During last month's 2X Global Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, Jana Svedova from FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank reflected on the value of the experience. #MemberMonday #2XGlobalSummit
About us
We are on a mission to equip and engage the full spectrum of investors, intermediaries, and innovators capable of transforming systems of finance through the gender-smart deployment of capital across asset classes and markets.
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www.2xglobal.org
External link for 2X Global
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- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
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- Nonprofit
Employees at 2X Global
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Marijn Wiersma
Director Community & Innovation | 2X Global | Unlocking Gender Smart Capital at Scale
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Jessica Espinoza
2X Global CEO | Unlocking gender-smart capital at scale
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Marcia Ashong-Sam, MCIArb
Delivering diverse leadership talent at scale, and providing the tools leaders need to transform their businesses | Tutu Fellow | Eisenhower Fellow |…
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Borja García Fernandez
Head of Structuring and LATAM at Citi Social Finance | Impact Investing | Emerging Markets | Board Member 2x Global
Updates
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The statistics on periods and period poverty are staggering - the days in missed work and school, the money and economic opportunities lost, the gap in fit-for-purpose period products. But within these stats rest huge opportunities, says Sue COATES, Deputy Executive Director of the The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF). In the latest post on our Field Notes blog, she urges us to see the opportunity for "a market-led moonshot for menstrual health.” Read: https://lnkd.in/eixR6aAJ
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Come join us and Global Gender-Smart Fund for our Investor Meetup in Amsterdam! Join us on October 23rd for an exciting evening connecting with the 2X Global team, members and the investor community, engage with the latest trends in gender lens investing, and explore potential partnerships and collaborations. 📩 RSVP at: https://lnkd.in/ep45FQjA
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📣 Have you heard? 2X Global’s first ever Annual Report is out! Take a look through some of the highlights below and then head over to https://lnkd.in/eV_Dqhwj to read and explore what we did over the past year to build capacity, advance standards and shift markets to create more equity.
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Throwing it back just a few weeks ago to the 2X Global Summit 2024 in Nairobi! Celia Carbajosa Murciego had experienced the Summit before. This year, she brought a few more of her colleagues from The Private Infrastructure Development Group along with her - she told us why and what they were getting out of the experience.
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From our partners in the ARISE consortium Criterion Institute - we'd love to hear your reflections on how power has shown up in your impact investing work in recent times. Take the time and answer their poll - 🔗 below. https://lnkd.in/ejGAgM6r
As we reflect on our time as part of the ARISE consortium, we’re hearing some great stories from partners and grantees about how mindsets around #power – and its relevance to financial #systems - have shifted. Would love to know what the investors, intermediaries and government actors in this community think (please do share with relevant people in your networks!). And, if you would like to explore more on the topic of power dynamics and its relevant to advancing impact through financial systems, we've got several podcasts on the topic that you might enjoy - link in comments. 2X Global Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs #investing #socialfinance #genderlensinvesting #impact #powerinpractice
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📣 We are absolutely thrilled to share 2X Global’s first ever Annual Report! Our 2023 Annual Report tells the 2X Global story over the past year, tracing our evolution as an organisation: 📈the expansion in our member numbers and geographies, 💡the depth and variety of our work and most importantly; 🎯the impact we are making together, unlocking more gender-smart capital at scale. Hear more about it from our CEO, Jessica Espinoza and then, explore the report at https://lnkd.in/eV_Dqhwj.
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Warmly welcoming one of our newest 2X Global members, the Minderoo Foundation. Based in Australia, Minderoo is one of Asia's largest philanthropies, working on issues of communities, gender equality and natural ecosystems. We're happy they've joined our 2X Global community where they will find common cause as we work together to transform finance and forge a fairer future for all. #MemberMonday
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Our 2X Global community is growing! 🪴 We welcome InfraCredit as one of our newest members. As we continue to build a gender-smart future, we know that infrastructural investment plays a critical role in shaping our communities and economies. The nexus of gender lens investing and infrastructure is truly the frontier of the future, so we’re thrilled to have Infracredit as part of our 2X Global community. #MemberMonday