Home ImpactPolicies and statementsGender statement Gender statementAdvancing the rights of women and girls is a long-standing focus of Finnish development policy and one of the UN’s key sustainable development goals. Finnfund considers the impact of its investments on equality in every investment decision. Gender statement Impact stories Accelerating female leadership in Asia “I never knew I was a natural born leader” – Penda Health saw something special in Esther Mwikali Women leadership in microfinance Telecom infrastructure provider BCS brings female role models into a male-dominated sector