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There are many ways you can make a difference and contribute to improving the lives of women and girls.
Spread the message and build the community. Be part of this fabulous movement. Remember that philanthropy includes giving skills, time and influence not only money.
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Become Gender-wise
Explore Gender Lens Investing
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Giving Circle
Fund a project
We are delighted to present the Australians Investing In Women Project Portal and to connect our growing community of philanthropic funders to the many wonderful organisations whose projects target women and girls and deliver greater gender equality.
This is a curated bank of projects that support women and girls across a range of social issues, locally and internationally. Whether your passion is education, the arts, safety from violence, medical research or the environment, inter alia, we can suggest a project to drive impact and advance gender equality by investing in women and girls.
Become gender-wise
Despite considerable advances made in recent decades women and girls in Australia, and around the world, still experience significant disadvantage in many spheres – including the outcomes of philanthropic programs.
By adopting gender-wise principles and tools, you can make sure that the programs, projects and organisations that you support better address women’s particular needs and circumstances.
Explore gender lens investing
Gender lens investing (GLI) is an investment approach that enables investors to align their investments in a way that promotes gender equity and/or addresses gender equality issues.
Trusts and foundations looking to amplify their social and environmental impact work to align their corpus’ investments with their philanthropic values and goals, enabling them to allocate more and different types of capital to meet those goals.
Donate
Australians Investing in Women advocates for, promotes, and facilitates gender-wise philanthropy.
AIIW promotes the benefits of investing in programs that combat the existing economic and social disadvantage of women and girls, both in Australia and globally.
AIIW works with Australians, including philanthropic, corporate and community leaders, to embed gender-wise practices in their giving programs, and connects funders to projects that benefit women and girls across a range of social issues, locally and internationally.
Your donation will make a real difference to empowering giving for a fairer future.
Giving Circles
Giving circles are a new trend in Australia as women and men realise the value of working with other like-minded people to pool philanthropic investment. They have been described as a cross between a book club and an investment group, creating a low-key environment to learn about social issues. In recognition of this emerging trend, we have drawn on the expertise and advice from around the globe to bring you this step-by-step guide, plus inspiring Australian case studies and further resources.
Starting a giving circle is relatively simple and anyone can do it. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you know about the community sector or how much money you have to invest. We hope you find the following information helpful and look forward to hearing about your journey …
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