This is Equilo
Hacking gender equality & social inclusion
for a happier, more just world.
Accelerating
gender equality
Amplifying
impact
Catalyzing
change
Equilo's disruptive solution
We harness big data, deep analytics, and machine learning to provide decision-makers with the information they need to catalyze transformative gender equality and social inclusion. We deliver intelligently automated gender equality and social inclusion analysis, tools, and action plans customized for sector and geography.
Equilo provides better, faster, and more cost-effective social and gender analysis. It can be used for development project planning, business development, emergency response, due diligence, and private investments across 18 sectors globally.
Data changes constantly.
Equilo provides ongoing value-add to users with always fresh, updated data from the most reliable sources in real-time.
Subscribers have access to new and updated data sets and research from their dashboard throughout their subscription, a powerful service of a dynamic, living analysis no other provider currently offers.
Save time & money
Get custom analysis instantly at less than 10% of the cost of gender analysis and action planning
Enhance quality
Harness machine learning & deep analytics to get better quality, organizational-compliant results
Accelerate integration
Inform development, relief, and private investments across sectors in early planning stages
Catalyze change
Amplify and measure impact of gender equality and social inclusion within communities and investments
Why gender equality matters
Gender equality is both a human right and a precondition for catalyzing development and lifting communities out of poverty.
$28 trillion
Global GDP could have increased 26% from 2015 to 2025 if women’s economic participation were to match that of men
Source: McKinsey
9% increase
Potential for a woman’s earnings if her marriage is postponed until adulthood
Source: UN Women
150 million people
Agriculture production output could increase 30% if the yield gap between men and women were closed
Source: FAO
5% loss in GDP
Cost to global GDP due to lost productivity and direct expenditure as a result of reported cases of sexual violence against women and intimate partner violence
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And there's a business case
Understanding gender inequality constraints to economic growth and company success allows corporates, investors, and fund managers to achieve desired investment outcomes and increase revenues while also mitigating risk.
EPS up 37%
Earnings per share Increased 37% for companies with 3+ female board members compared to those with no female board members, which showed -8% in EPS for the same 5-year period
Source: MSCI
$285 billion
Financing gap due to 70% of women-owned SMEs in the formal sector in developing countries who are unserved or underserved by financial institutions
Source: World Bank
$7.7 billion
Gender Lens Investing assets under management surpassed $7.7 billion as of 2019, an increase of 3.5x in just 2 years
Source: IISD