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How is the New Year treating you? For us, 2024 has kicked off with news that makes us proud - the Women for Green Jobs Programme that Shortlist Professionals , the The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Value For Women Ltd. have partnered on, has been selected as a finalist for the Energy Institute ’s 2024 Energy Awards.??

What’s more, our team has expanded, and we’re excited to welcome new colleagues onto our global, multidisciplinary team.?

Read on for more updates on partnerships and initiatives with which we’re ringing in the new year!

Value For Women Ltd. , Shortlist Professionals and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) ’s Women For Green Jobs Programme is dedicated to fostering gender equity within the clean energy industry, ensuring women's success and empowerment in their careers.

Shortlist Professionals sums up the exciting results this program has had here:

“Women for Green jobs is Africa's only workforce development program centered around supporting women's inclusion in the climate and clean energy sector. Not only do we support women in finding full-time jobs, but over the course of the program we have found that:

?? 90% of women report that their salary increased because of their placement through Shortlist, and of those, 30% had an income increase of over 50%

?? 100% report increased financial resilience through their job placement 90% of men and women report that their confidence has ‘very much increased’

? 90% of women report that their confidence has ‘very much increased’ because of their job placement??

The Women for Green Jobs Program aims to assist over 750 women in transitioning to the clean energy sector. We're committed to providing young women with invaluable hands-on work experience, offering comprehensive job search support, and equipping hundreds of women with the technical skills needed for roles in finance, operations, maintenance, and engineering.

Value for Women CEO Rebecca Fries will be joining Impact Frontiers ’ multidisciplinary expert panel on impact management practices to advance social equity.

While investors worldwide are deploying strategies to increase equity, best practices on how to manage and disclose the impact of those strategies have not kept pace. Impact Frontiers wants to tackle this gap through the Advancing Social Equity through Impact Management initiative.?

Through the initiative, Impact Frontier aims to center social equity, a fundamental element of impact, in the practice of impact management as it continues to grow and mature. Rebecca and the panelists’ goal is to build consensus on the best impact management practices to advance social equity, specifically racial equity, gender equity, and data equity. We’re excited to be part of this much-needed work, and looking forward to building new knowledge in the field. Share your views on the discussion board.

As a new member of Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID), Value For Women Ltd. was excited to have the opportunity to present its work to the network. Our Senior Engagement Manager, Anne Maftei took the stage at CAFIID's Impact Innovators Networking Event earlier this month. We’re thrilled to be part of this impact-driven community of investors and investors. Here’s to more in 2024!

Did you catch Value for Women in Asian Impact Management Review 's Winter Issue?

Aparajita Agrawal and Shoshana Grossman-Crist break down findings from our first Global Benchmark Report. The Report features analysis and recommendations from our study of 184 MSMEs who have submitted data on our Gender Smart Nexus platform, and illustrates the multitude of ways in which gender inclusion can be a performance strategy for emerging market enterprises to meet diverse business priorities.

Find out what MSMEs in emerging markets worldwide are doing to unlock the potential that gender inclusion offers in today's business environment, the impact of their actions, and where there's room to grow.?

The Gender Smart Nexus is a powerful free tool helping enterprises identify potential inclusive practices and take their first steps to adopt them. Use it today, here.

Our global team brings a powerful blend of expertise on gender, social inclusion, business, investment and finance to everything we do. We'll be at the following events soon, do reach out to us if you'll be there!

Find us at:

• FLII, Mérida, Mexico | February 27-29, 2024
• Sankalp Africa Summit, Nairobi, Kenya | February 28-29, 2024

Value for Women is a global pioneer catalyzing women’s participation and leadership in business, finance and investment in emerging markets. We are a woman-led social enterprise with a mission to equip leaders and institutions to make tangible changes for women’s equality and toward social inclusion. We design and deploy practical ways for investment, finance and business to advance gender inclusion while creating value, mitigating risk and driving innovation. We would love to hear from you and help you in your journey toward gender inclusion. You can write to us on [email protected] or visit us on www.v4w.org.