The term “gender lens investing” is less than a decade old, coined in 2009 by the Criterion Institute. Many practitioners, think tanks, asset managers, and advisors have defined the term “gender lens investing” but to start, we should ground ourselves in the definitions of the three words. Merriam Webster defines gender as the state of being either male or female, a lens as something that facilitates and influences perception, comprehension or evaluation, and investing as expending money into an asset with the expectation of achieving profit or material.

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