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Stories of Impact

Turning gender-wise intent into action

Stories of Impact showcases how funders and investors are applying a gender lens to create meaningful, measurable change for women and girls. Each story highlights real-world leadership and practical pathways for gender-wise practice, helping shift attitudes, build confidence, and demonstrate how gender-wise decisions lead to stronger outcomes for women, girls, and the broader economy.

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Capitalising on opportunity: Scale Investors

Scale Investors is Australia’s First Women-Led VC Fund, Backing Women-Led Startups.
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Going the distance: Trawalla Foundation

Hayley van Loon with Carol Schwartz AO
Supporting and advocating for women in leadership has been a long-standing focus for the Trawalla Foundation, the philanthropic foundation Carol established in 2004 with her husband, Alan Schwartz.
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Global make over: MECCA M-POWER

Since its launch in 2017, M-POWER has focused on advancing gender equality, initially with a goal of helping 10,000 girls experiencing social and financial barriers to finish school. After achieving that milestone, M-POWER’s mission since 2022 has been to create a world...
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Generations of change: The Dyson Bequest

WEHI President John Dyson
The Dyson Bequest shows how one family’s generosity can shift what’s possible for generations of women in medical research. Guided by John Dyson’s belief that “if we don’t try to...
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How Two Questions are Leading to More Informed Giving at Perpetual

Informed Giving at Perpetual By asking two simple gender-related questions in its grant applications, Perpetual is driving more informed giving. This approach helps funders see the gendered impacts of their...
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AllPlay: Investing in Neurodiverse Girls  

Australians Investing In Women is a proud member of MECCA’s social change movement, M-POWER, which supports a collective of more than twenty not-for-profit organisations working to improve opportunities for women...
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Measure by Measure – Investment by Design

A case study in gender lens measurement and reporting by ANZ Patterns of measurement have long been a cornerstone of human progress. Measurement allows us to gauge, compare, and make...
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Global Corporates Taking The Lead

In 2008, Goldman Sachs introduced 10,000 Women: a five-year, $100 million global initiative to help grow local economies and bring about greater shared prosperity by providing 10,000 female entrepreneurs with...
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Transforming A Community In Crisis

In 2007, two courageous Indigenous women emerged from a Women’s Bush Meeting in the Kimberley region’s Fitzroy Valley determined to take a stand against the flood of alcohol decimating their...
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