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Understanding how gender shapes individual needs, experiences and outcomes is fundamental to supporting effective giving, strengthened decision making, and more informed practice. Even programs that appear gender neutral can unintentionally under-serve some groups or reinforce existing inequalities.
A gender lens helps make these differences visible. By asking more targeted questions and looking at data with gender in mind, funders can strengthen program design and funding decisions.
Explore these practical tools, evidence and guidance to help you apply a gender lens and strengthen your funding practice.
Lens Check
The Lens Check helps you see where your grant-making already accounts for gender, and where there’s room to grow.
Genderwise Toolkit for Grant Makers
AIIW’s Toolkit is a practical step by step ‘how to’ resource, providing funders with simple downloadable tools.
Guide to Gender-wise Philanthropy
AIIW’s case for investing in women and girls, for those at the beginning of the journey, as well as actions to progress gender-wise philanthropic practice.
Gender-wise Grantmaking
Design & Intent
Build gender considerations into the purpose, design and structure of your grantmaking.
Gender-wise Grantmaking
Assessment & Data
Support the collection of gender-informed evidence and data to strengthen assessment, reporting and funding.
Gender-wise Grantmaking
Accountability & People
Strengthen how your grantmaking is informed and how you learn from the people you fund and serve.
Gender-wise Workshop & Presentations
AIIW offers tailored presentations to philanthropic Boards and interactive Gender-wise Workshops for decision makers.
How to create a Women’s Fund
A practical guide to establishing a Fund that improves outcomes for women and girls.
Funding the full cost of a gender lens
Explore what it takes to fund the full cost of applying a gender lens effectively.
Women Deliver 2026: Funding for Gender Equality
Explores what insights and practice recommendations were captured from Women Deliver 2026.
Register a Project
If you have a project that invest in, or benefit women and girls and advance gender equality, we would love to hear from you. Please register and we will review your submission.