A Gender Lens
4 minutes read After Melinda French’s recent announcement of USD 1 billion dollars in funding for women and girls, it is a good time to take stock of how far we have come and how far we still have to go. Formally, gender equality has been on the global agenda for almost ten years now. […]
A New Age of Giving: The Transformative Power of Trust-Based Philanthropy & Capacity Building
The case study explores the landscape of evolving philanthropy, which focuses on trust-based philanthropy, a model that emphasises relationships, mutual respect, and shared power to achieve more sustainable results for grantees. The central argument is that complementing financial support with non-financial assistance can fundamentally strengthen a non-profit’s organisational capacity.
Accelerating Change: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025
3 minutes read To mark International Women’s Day 2025, AVPN celebrated the transformative power of women’s leadership with a conversation between two influential changemakers: Naina Subberwal Batra, CEO of AVPN and Olivia Cotes‐James, founder of LUÜNA, a woman-led social enterprise providing organic cotton period products for offices, schools, and public spaces across Asia. The discussion […]
Accelerating Gender Equality: Financing for SDG 5 in the APAC Region
Women and girls make up one half of the world’s population. Their full and equitable economic, social, and political participation is crucial for global development, resilience, and prosperity. Over
Addressing Critical Needs Through Innovative Social Impact Solutions in India
4 min read Radha Goenka, Director of RPG Foundation is a philanthropist, mom and passionate writer. When she returned from the US in 2008, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was relatively a new concept in India. At that time, all CSR initiatives of RPG Group Companies were being run independently. She brought structure to this system […]
Adequate Housing is Key to Women’s Health and Wellbeing
Rapid urbanisation and climate migration, coupled with a global housing crisis, are pushing more families into precarious living conditions.
Advancing the Growth of Women-Led SMEs in Philippines: A Gender Lens in Policy & Investment
With the growing recognition of how women-led SMEs contribute to the Philippines economy, stakeholders across the sectors of policy and investment have been continuing their support throughout the COVID pandemic. As we look back on which solutions worked best and how to improve as we move forward, Investing in Women and AVPN will partner to […]
Alignment and Execution: Private, Public and Social Sector Actors Must Address Girls’ Education Together
5 min read Just a few weeks ago, the world welcomed 2023. As we enter the fourth year since the global pandemic hit, it’s increasingly clear that now is a crucial time for the state of education. Nobody is more at risk than the young women around the world who face enormous challenges to access […]
At COP27, a Call to Root Climate Action and Justice in Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities
Co-Author: Rachel McMonagle 5 min read Anandini Munda’s typical day begins before dawn, as she rises to catch shrimp fries in the Chunār River, a distributary in the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh. Anandini, 34, and other women in her village sell the fries to shrimp farms to earn a living, though she says the fries […]
