“As investors and advocates in women’s health,[1] we view the recent SCOTUS DECISION in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, as a significant step back in women’s health and rights. Now is the time to capitalize on the growing momentum…
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Linked Foundation is excited to highlight the release of Jonathan C. Lewis’ book The Unfin sh d Social Entrepreneur” or and I quote him, a book to “power up your social justice career”. Founder of MCE Social Capital and winner of the…
In 2017 we find ourselves assessing a new global health landscape, and a shifting set of challenges. The reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule (or “Mexico City Policy”) by the Trump administration means that organizations worldwide providing women’s health services…
Next Billion‘s January theme is microfinance and features articles by Timothy Ogden author of the research paper, “The Case for Social Investment in Microcredit”. Ogden details some of the less obvious and overlooked positive impacts microfinance has had in lower-income…
Timothy Ogden from the Financial Access Initiative at the NYU Wagner Graduate School states, “There are strong arguments for continued investment in microcredit. These arguments are based on, not in contradiction to, the recent evaluations of microcredit impact. That the…
One of Linked Foundation’s partners, MCE Social Capital, makes loans to organizations focusing on women living in poverty to improve their lives. MCE Social Capital CEO, Gary Ford, is featured in a fabulous article in Global Giving Matters. The article explains MCE’s guarantor model…
Linked Foundation, Global Partnerships, and Inter American Development Bank sponsored a Rural Pharmacies Workshop in Antigua, Guatemala last month. Representatives from four countries and seven organizations gathered to share their knowledge and challenges on developing sustainable market based solutions to…
In November, Linked Foundation’s advisor, Kim Wilson, traveled to Guatemala to get a first hand look at the health store model, TISA, a program Mercy Corps and Linked initiated in 2009. Having worked in microfinance for over two decades as…
We are delighted to announce our recent grant to Fonkoze’s Boutik Sante initiative. Boutik Sante means “community health store” and is using a social franchise model to provide affordable, accessible health products and services across rural Haiti. We have committed…