DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today celebrated the successful conclusion of the European Union (EU)-funded Food Security for the Ultra Poor (FSUP) project in a ceremony at Westin Hotel, Dhaka. The project, which began in January 2009 and concluded December 2012, supported 30,000 ultra-poor women to become entrepreneurs, raise their incomes and improve their own and their families’ food security. At the ceremony WFP Representative Christa Räder was joined by … [Read more...]
The Empowerment Compendium, Irene Becker
April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We all know the staggering pain of invalidation. We have all felt it. We have all received and given it. Some of us have developed habits of thought that cause us to deploy invalidation of self and/or others on an ongoing basis. The caveat remains that habits of thought and action CAN be changed and changing them is what personal leadership is all about. None of us is immune to the piercing, painful arrow that hits us and throws us for an emotional loop as the venom of … [Read more...]
Join Michael Downing, CEO of TOUT, for a 30-minute web demo!
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
WordPress.com VIP Featured Partner Tout, a real-time information network for up-to-the-minute video updates across news, sports, politics, entertainment, is going to hold a free 30 minute demo for VIP clients and partners to discover how to use this popular network with WordPress. With Tout, you can embed real-time videos into your website in less than 30 seconds that help to increase traffic, build loyalty and open new channels for monetization. Tout powers real-time video updates for a … [Read more...]
“Leadership Course for Entrepreneurship”, Nueva Segovia
March 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Members of the Nueva Segovia cooperative take part in the “Leadership Course for Entrepreneurship” to strengthen gender equality in the agricultural producers’ organizations supported by the Purchase for Progress (P4P) project. NUEVA SEGOVIA. –34 year-old Johana Martínez begins her final work for the “Leadership Course for Entrepreneurship” with a presentation called “A Personal Story”. The auditorium listens attentively, including those who will grade the work of the … [Read more...]
Afghan Women Taking Action in Business
March 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (ILO News) – Afghans have been immersed in a conflict that has affected every aspect of their ordinary lives. For Khalida Yaqobi, the conflict has been an obstacle, not an obstruction. After graduating in engineering from Balkh University, she secretly studied English at a time when women seeking an education risked being executed by the Taliban. “I was studying English in a private house, without textbooks or notebooks, going in a burqa to a hidden English … [Read more...]
Women on Boards, why so few?
January 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Women on Boards, why so few? FOOD FOR THOUGHT written by a great woman Kimberly Krawiec who is an expert on corporate law who teaches courses on securities, corporate, and derivatives law. Her research interests span a variety of fields, including the empirical analysis of contract disputes; the choice of organizational form by professional service firms, including law firms; forbidden or taboo markets; corporate compliance systems; insider trading; derivatives hedging practices; and … [Read more...]
