Value for Women: The Era of Gender Smart Investing is Underway
On the 19th episode of the Women Startup Leaders series, hear from Rebecca Fries about the work and model of Value for Women, the four types of gender smart investing and lessons for Bangladesh.
Value For Women Ltd. offers holistic and tailored advisory support with a gender lens to organizations, investors and SGBs (small and growing businesses).
As Chief Executive Officer and Founding Director, Rebecca has spearheaded the growth of the organization into a globally-recognized leader in gender-inclusive business practice. With over 20 years of global expertise, Rebecca leads Value for Women in its efforts to design innovation for gender inclusion with investors, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), banks, financial institutions, development organizations and corporate foundations.
Under Rebecca’s leadership, the Value for Women team works globally in a collaborative, multidisciplinary manner, applying practical, hands-on approaches to solve business and investment challenges with a gender and inclusion lens. This involves the delivery of advisory services, and the design of research, training and communications.
Rebecca has also authored and led sector-changing research on the intersection of gender, investment, entrepreneurship and economic development across sectors such as Sustainable Energy, Finance, Agriculture and Entrepreneurship. Rebecca is frequently invited to speak as an industry expert in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
“[Where we see the most success] is where the business and the investor or the financial institution are in the driver’s seat and understand the implications of what it means to apply the actions in practice.”
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