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Fighting global inequality with defiant optimism

11/23/2023
Lee Kuan Yew School

InDev 2023 Summer Reading List

11/16/2023
InDev

The Inc. Non-Obvious Book Awards 2023 Longlist

11/01/2023
Inc.

The Defiant Optimist: Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women

09/08/2023
Presbyterian Outlook

Living out the promise of the chura moni

08/19/2023
Dhaka Tribune

Discussion on power inequalities

08/18/2023
The Daily Star

Pushing Boundaries with Defiant Optimism

08/09/2023
Outlook India

Book Review: The Defiant Optimist By Durreen Shahnaz

07/11/2023
Feminism India

Bookstrapping: The Defiant Optimist by Durreen Shahnaz

07/01/2023
Storyboard 18

A Powerful real-life story of fighting gender inequality, global inequality and reinventing finance for women

06/13/2023
The Literature Times

Articles

Investing for impact: Interview with Prof. Durreen Shahnaz, CEO and Founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and Founder of the Orange Movement™

11/14/2023
World Financial Review

SustainabilityX® Global 50 Women In Sustainability Awards 2023

11/02/2023
The SustainabilityX® Magazine

'We have proven that finance for the 99% is not simply a matter of altruism; it is financially sustainable'

09/23/2023
The Business Standard

Why the future of financial inclusion could be orange

09/22/2023
IMD

Interview: Durreen Shahnaz – ‘Doing good through finance is not easy’

09/20/2023
Hindustan Times

The Defiant Optimist: Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women

09/08/2023
Presbyterian Outlook

Two plane crashes and a daring survivor: A thought-provoking work on development studies from a regional-cum-global lens

08/20/2023
Financial Express

Q&A with Durreen Shahnaz

08/19/2023
Dhaka Tribune Q&A

She's The First Bangladeshi Woman to Work On Wall Street. This Is The Mindset Shift She Made to Convince Skeptics to Invest In Her Longshot Mission.

07/27/2023
Entrepreneur Magazine

India is a thriving market for impact investing: Durreen Shahnaz

07/21/2023
Forbes India

Breaking Barriers: Durreen Shahnaz’s Journey as a Minority Entrepreneur Transforming the Financial System

07/10/2023
When Women Inspire

Unleashing the power of impact investing for the SDGs

06/30/2023
SG Voice

Durreen Shahnaz makes waves on Wall Street for gender equality

06/29/2023
AsAmNews

How & Why Durreen Shahnaz Is Helping To Change Our World

05/25/2023
Authority Magazine

Leadership For A New Era: Build Your Own Table, Offer Everyone A Seat

05/23/2023
CEO World

Making Wall Street Work for the 99%

04/17/2023
Impact Entepreneur

Is the future of sustainable bonds orange?

03/31/2023
Capital Monitor

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

03/21/2023
FS Sustainability

Women's Day: Celebrating 100 Female Sustainability Leaders

03/08/2023
Illuminem

“It's not just looking at women”: Expanding the gender lens

03/07/2023
Pro bono Australia

21 women shaping, driving, and financing the global sustainability agenda

03/06/2023
Reuters Events Markets

IIX raises US$50 million with first ‘orange bond’ for women’s livelihoods

12/13/2022
The Business Time

Why impact investing needs to be 'decolonized' to help the people most affected by climate change and inequity

06/30/2022
Business Insider

Climate Change is a Feminist Issue

06/05/2022
Peak Magazine

Building Pathways Between Wall Street and the Global South — A Conversation with IIX

03/07/2022
The Medium

Solving the Trillion Dollar Climate Challenge Begins with Women

09/21/2021
Impact Entrepreneur

The Markets are Collapsing

03/22/2020
Dhaka Tribune

Making Finance do Good.. Asian Game Changer Award (The Medium)

11/01/2016
The Medium

Making Finance do Good… (The Medium)

08/15/2016
The Medium

Social Enterprise in Asia: Context and Opportunities (SSRN)

02/03/2010
SSRN