Currently, barriers of law and custom stop many women from getting financing for business. Removing those barriers can help overcame the gender gap, and unleash economic growth. To learn more, go to: HERE The above video was produced almost ten years ago. Has much changed? In 2022, women's current issues are or should we say are "still": 1. Pregnancy and Parenting Discrimination 2. Violence Against Women 3. Women's Rights in the Workplace 4. Women's Rights in Education 5. … [Read more...]
Women: Key to Global Economic Growth
January 27, 2022 by Team Celebration
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DHAKA, 30,000 ultra-poor women to become entrepreneurs!
April 27, 2013 by Team Celebration
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...]
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Ireland/ILO on Women Entrepreneurs, developing countries
February 22, 2013 by Team Celebration
Education and access to credit are critical to ensuring that women in the developing world can start small businesses, Ireland's Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello and Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said. DUBLIN - Speaking at a forum on women's entrepreneurship in Dublin, Minister Costello said women in the developing world were far more likely to work in vulnerable sectors, such as unpaid domestic work and casual farm labour. … [Read more...]
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We-conomy is the future of our world, Invest in Women
December 8, 2012 by Team Celebration
The future of the world economy lies increasingly in female hands “WHY can't a woman be more like a man?” mused Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady”. Future generations might ask why a man can't be more like a woman. In rich countries, girls now do better at school than boys, more women are getting university degrees than men are and females are filling most new jobs. Arguably, women are now the most powerful engine of global growth. In 1950 only one-third of American women of working … [Read more...]
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Global Update: Celebrate International Women's Day – UN Foundation
March 8, 2011 by admin
Global Update: Celebrate International Women's Day March 8, 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a global celebration of women's contributions to the world. Since its founding more than a decade ago, the UN Foundation has identified addressing the needs and concerns of women and girls as one of the keys to solving the world’s most challenging problems. Empowerment is essential in the global drive to eliminate poverty, achieve social justice and stabilize … [Read more...]
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