Investing in a Women’s Right to Choose
Resilience is defined by a diversity of choices, and a woman’s right to choose her own reproductive path is crucial to her resilience. Through its grantmaking, The Educational Foundation of America has long supported a woman’s ability to control her own reproductive health by ensuring access to safe, legal abortion and contraception. Investors and foundations are exploring using a suite of financial tools to support this access, including: impact investing through a pooled fund that provides low interest loans to abortion clinics; shareholder activism to ensure that companies cover reproductive health services for their employees; and refinancing debt and extending lines of credit. During this panel, hear from experts in investing through a gender lens; they invite you to think more broadly about the impact that your investments can have in the world.
Suzanne Biegel is an in-demand speaker and moderator on all things gender-smart investing, who has been featured at The Equality Lounge at the World Economic Forum, Women Deliver, SoCap, The GIIN Forum, The Women’s Forum, and more.
Suzanne can speak to your conference, foundation, or private event about:
- The gender-smart investing landscape;
- The current state of the field, and where it’s going next;
- How gender-smart investing can drive systemic change;
- How you can use venture capital, supply chain financing, and other tools to deploy your capital with a gender lens.
Suzanne and Catalyst At Large can also create a custom workshop or presentation to meet your group’s needs. If you'd like to book Suzanne for a speaking engagement or workshop, please get in touch.