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Social Enterprises Outperform Traditional Business, Says New Research
The new report demonstrates the strength of social businesses, just as Social Enterprise UK launched a celebrity-backed campaign to get consumers supporting brands with purpose.
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Meet the Social Enterprise Brand Providing Pepper Spray to At-Risk Women Around the Globe
With every KUROS product sold, pepper spray is distributed to a woman who could not otherwise afford it.
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Achieving Women 2019: Dr. Iman Bibars, Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
Since launching Ashoka Arab World in 2003 in Egypt, Bibars has expanded the organization's operations to 11 countries across the MENA region.
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Press Release: ANDE, USAID and Visa Foundation Partner to Launch ANDE Gender Equality Initiative and Advancing Women’s Empowerment Fund
The initiative’s first activity, the Advancing Women’s Empowerment Fund, seeks to address the gap in access to finance for women-led businesses.
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Press Release: Mary Kay, in Collaboration With UN Agencies, Launches Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator
The Accelerator will offer a guided digital curriculum supplemented by on-the-ground training and mentorship. In addition, it will serve as an advocacy platform to eliminate entrepreneurial roadblocks for women, ranging from digital literacy to legal reform—enabling women to fully participate in the growth of their local and national economies.
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We Need a More Targeted Approach to Combatting Global Inequality
Reducing inequality around the world poses different challenges than it does in the United States.
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The Indian Institute Of Skills Is Here & Ready To Train Future Entrepreneurs
Envisioned as a world class skilled training centre integrated with best practices from well known international skill institutions, the organization will facilitate learning and trainings through strong industry connect in both public and private sectors.
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Viewpoint: Africa No Continent for Old Men
Increasingly, Africa’s brightest young minds are channeling their focus toward entrepreneurship as a means to create more just and equitable societies.Increasingly, Africa’s brightest young minds are channeling their focus toward entrepreneurship as a means to create more just and equitable societies. Much of this can be attributed to the perceived dysfunction of the public sector over the comparatively robust nongovernment sectors.
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