A former French minister for various economic portfolios – including finance and employment, agriculture and fisheries, and trade – Christine Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy and is the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She calls for opening the door to women’s 'learning, labour and leadership' in the economy. The 21st century poses many challenges that require new ways of thinking, none more important than the economic role … [Read more...]
Greek Myths and Reality
August 10, 2013 by
The Brookings Institute shares: Greek Myths and Reality The crisis Greece has been going through has been one of the most serious challenges any country, anywhere, has faced in peace-time. It has also had a big impact on Europe. A successful Greek recovery is crucial, not only for Greece itself, but for the whole of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean region. Greece has and can continue to have a stabilizing role in the region, and has played this role particularly effectively after George … [Read more...]
A BRICS Bank for Development, Meetika Srivastava
March 25, 2013 by
A BRICS bank for development BRIC which was first used in the year 2001 as an acronym in the Goldman Sachs’s Global Economics paper No. 66 titled “The World Needs Better Economic BRICs” has now become an important bloc comprising of EMERGING POWERS of the world’s new economic order. It has a prominent economy of Latin America i.e., Brazil - a store house of raw materials, the Chinese Dragon; the fastest growing Asian economy and the second largest world economy after the US, the … [Read more...]
Christine Lagarde – WOMAN of ACTION™
January 20, 2013 by
A Celebration of Women™ is inspired to Celebrate the Life of one of our world's leading women in social change. This trail blazer has risen to the top through her own due diligence, and has landed as Chairman of our world's International Monetary Fund. It is an honor and pleasure to share with the women of our world through this tribute of one woman's beginnings, the journey of her vision and mission in life of this divorced single mother of two. This is definitely a woman … [Read more...]
World Bank endorses new 2-year strategy for Haiti
October 6, 2012 by
The World Bank Board of Directors this week endorsed a new two-year strategy for Haiti that will continue to reduce the population's vulnerability to disasters, provide 1.5 million people with cholera education, prevention and treatment, and support the repair and reconstruction of houses so that 45,000 people can return to safe homes. The strategy will also improve access to electricity for 600,000 people and finance tuition of 100,000 children per year. According to a World Bank press … [Read more...]
AUGUST is GRATITUDE MONTH ~ A Celebration of Women™
August 2, 2012 by
GRATITUDE MONTH If you are enjoying our articles, if our website helps you in your life, please make a DONATION to our Foundation Reg.815280805 Approved as a Charity. Tax Receipts mailed upon request. Our work is appreciates your support. We are now in the midst of working towards our very first flagship Celebration House, a home for young women that will nurture, where they receive an education that will enable them to grow into FUTURE WOMEN LEADERS. These safe houses will be managed … [Read more...]
Dilma Rousseff : Brazil's first Female President – Celebrating her Inauguration!
January 1, 2011 by
A Celebration of Women is elated to share with the Women of our World, the inauguration of Dilma Rousseff. ...the Success of a dynamic Woman in Brazil knows how to Take Action! BRASILIA, Brazil – Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday, capping a rapid political trajectory for the career technocrat and former Marxist rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation's long military dictatorship. Rousseff, 63, takes the helm of Latin America's … [Read more...]
Avaaz – The people vs recession
December 3, 2010 by
The global recession has already plunged over 100 million people back into poverty and unemployment -- but this week, we could turn the tide of economic destruction. With over 100 million thrown back into poverty and unemployment, experts agree we urgently need a global jobs plan to stop the recession. Gordon Brown has appealed to Avaaz for a massive outcry to persuade the G20 group of nations to act - watch Brown's appeal and sign the petition below: Above: former UK … [Read more...]
