Value for Women in collaboration with UN Women have published a report on the state of gender lens investing in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nancy Swanson, Executive Director of Linked Foundation, was consulted and interviewed for the report as Linked has focused on investing in women since its conception in 2008. Access the full...
Linked Foundation proudly supports Friendship Bridge‘s Health for Life program that provides health education and services including family planning for women in rural Guatemala in partnership with Wuqu’ Kawoq (Maya Health Alliance). The mobile clinics service reaches women in their villages and is staffed by female medical personnel that are fluent in the indigenous languages...
In a poor, peri-urban neighborhood in Quito, Ecuador, women arrive at a simple yet trusted clinic for reproductive health services. The NGO CEMOPLAF manages this clinic and has been successfully providing sexual and reproductive health services to the poorest Ecuadorians for over 40 years. While it has achieved some cost recovery and scaled to serve...
Despite the Gender Smart Investing Summit being virtual this year, Anna De La Cruz found it illuminating and motivating in exploring the ubiquitous gender inequality in the world. “We all need to do the individual and collective work of recognizing and confronting our unconscious biases and power dynamics – in all aspects of our lives,...
