This second publication from the Root Capital’s Issue Brief Series, documents their experience of applying a gender lens in their work on smallholder agricultural finance. This issue explains:
An entire tier of women employees they call “hidden influencers” who often go unnoticed but are critical to making businesses function properly
- How they evaluate gender-related outcomes within their portfolio using gender scorecard to account for the range of roles, impacts and particular challenges of women
- Financial products and training programs that have a disproportionately high impact on women
- Their way of approaching gender lens investing, based on the nuances in the communities in which they work
