Leaders across sectors are using International Women’s Day 2026 to highlight that bias in women’s health research and funding is a strategic imperative.
Global health gains are at risk. New funding models, regional systems and delivery innovation are vital to build resilient, equitable healthcare worldwide.
Asia is a major global economic engine but faces complex development challenges, particularly when it comes to emissions. Geopolitical shifts and governments' post-pandemic finances means traditional sources of official development assistance are declining. Blended finance and other innovative funding models can help Asia build a future that is sustainable, inclusive and distinctly its own.
Women’s health represents a large and undercapitalized opportunity in global healthcare. Despite women and girls making up nearly half the world’s population, women’s health has captured just 6% of private healthcare investment. The fundamentals are strong, but funding remains limited and narrowly focused, historically confined to reproductive and maternal health.
Traditional funding models are falling short in addressing today’s social and environmental challenges. This new white paper by the Schwab Foundation, in collaboration with SK Group and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, introduces a bold alternative: tradeable impact.
Global corporate philanthropic funding to nature and climate represents almost half of all corporate philanthropy and saw a 127% rise in dollar terms between 2018 and 2022. Corporate philanthropy trends appear to be closely tied with current events, the report says. In the case of the climate crisis, Mountford appears to agree. "Climate is complex.
Women-founded startups accounted for 2% or less of venture capital (VC) funding invested in Europe and the United States in 2023, Pitchbook data finds. But by VC deal numbers, women are making gains over the longer term. Innovators worldwide are helping to train, empower and inspire women through the World Economic Forum platform, UpLink.