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Gender Investment and Innovation Program

Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building

Why is SPF involved in entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building?

Women entrepreneurs face different challenges in doing business than their male counterparts. In traditionally male-dominated Southeast Asian societies, women entrepreneurs have fewer opportunities to grow their businesses. One of the reasons for this is the "unconscious bias" of investors and entrepreneur support organizations. Unconscious bias refers to assumptions or false perceptions, for example, that "women are not suited for business" or "women must choose between family and work." To overcome such "unconscious bias" and break through the gender gap in business, it is important that financial institutions, investors, entrepreneurial support organizations, and other actors who are part of the ecosystem surrounding women entrepreneurs have a gender perspective. 

 

Based on an awareness of these issues, this project will strive to encourage both the demand and supply of funds, as well as to share information and strengthen network functions within that ecosystem. With regard to strengthening the gender perspective of entrepreneur support organizations, we will upgrade the Gender Lens Incubation Acceleration Toolkit (GLIA Toolkit), which is a set of instructions for entrepreneur support organizations developed in collaboration with the Australian government in the FY 2019 project, and also strengthen the network we have established with entrepreneur support organizations in the region. In addition, to strengthen the gender perspective of investors, we will provide training on gender perspectives and support for building networks among investors for individual investors who invest in entrepreneurs who are at the seed or early-stage. 

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GLIA Toolkit website relaunched

GLIA Toolkit website relaunched

The GLIA (Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration) Toolkit, which has been used by entrepreneurship support organizations in Asia and around the world since its launch in February 2019, has a new website. The GLIA Toolkit is developed jointly by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the Frontier Incubators program of the Australia government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

March 18, 2022
A Gender-Inclusive Southeast Asia through Entrepreneurship

A Gender-Inclusive Southeast Asia through Entrepreneurship

SPF and Dalberg Advisors have collaborated to complete a research report using country level data and expert interviews to understand the critical gender gaps and entrepreneurial solutions to advance the lives of women in Southeast Asia.

June 24, 2019
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Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration (GLIA) Toolkit 2.0

Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration (GLIA) Toolkit 2.0

The GLIA Toolkit 2.0, released this time, now includes impact indicators to measure the effectiveness of support projects that incorporate a gender perspective.

By Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) / YGAP

February 15, 2022
Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration (GLIA) Toolkit

Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration (GLIA) Toolkit

The Gender Lens Incubation and Acceleration Toolkit (GLIA Toolkit) is an instructional guide for incubators, accelerators, and other entrepreneurial support organizations operating in Southeast Asian countries with the aim of improving the various issues surrounding working women in Southeast Asia.

By Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) / Frontier Incubators

February 15, 2022
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