Gender Lens Investing for Impact in Southeast Asia

While several reports exist on the state of impact investing in Southeast Asia (SEA), with brief sections on gender lens investing (GLI), few reports have focused primarily on impact investing with a gender lens in the private market, limiting the depth at which this issue has been covered to date. Regional investors interested in GLI are keen for specific local cases and examples that shed light on how to carry out and what works in gender lens investing. This report is part of the landscape report that is one of the first regional GLI reports focused on SEA, especially on the following three countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The primary focus of the report is on the supply side (impact investors, followed by other actors, such as incubators and accelerators), with a secondary focus on the demand side (women-focused small and medium enterprises).

The team's final report was a key input to a larger report published in March 2021 by Value for Women and the Australian Government. You can find their report here.