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Criterion is a nonprofit think tank dedicated to expanding possibilities for how finance can be used for social change. We work with changemakers investors governments and institutions to shift who has power in financial decisionmaking. Upcoming Events Workshop on Financing the Reduction of GenderBased Violence March 12 2025 TOOLKIT Workshop Online Event March 27 2025 Systems Change Training Online Event April 2 2025 Our Featured Highlights Pioneers of gender lens investing honoured with prestigious investing award On June 24 2024 Joy Anderson Founder and President of Criterion Institute was recognized with the prestigious Joan Bavaria Award alongside Suzanne Biegel and Jackie VanderBrug for their groundbreaking contributions to gender lens investing. Process of Creating a Methodology to Predict GenderBased Violence Risk in Relationship to Financial Material Risks As GBV can proliferate in complex emergencies it can also exacerbate the risk of humanitarian conflict or crisis disrupting states stability and economies writ large.