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...]
Ireland/ILO on Women Entrepreneurs, developing countries
February 22, 2013 by Team Celebration
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