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Viewpoint: Women are the engines of the Indian economy but our contribution is ignored
Women’s participation in work is an indicator of their status in a society. Paid work offers more opportunities for women’s agency, mobility and empowerment, and it usually leads to greater social recognition of the work that women do, whether paid or unpaid. Where women’s work participation rates are relatively low, it is safe to say that the surrounding society isn’t giving women the capacities, opportunities and freedom to engage in productive work, nor recognising the vast amount of work performed by women as unpaid labour.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Gates: Foundation to Invest $5B in Africa Over Next 5 Years
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said Sunday his foundation will invest another $5 billion in Africa over the next five years. Gates delivered the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture ahead of Mandela Day, when South Africans are encouraged to donate 67 minutes of their time to help others. Gates is also in South Africa to attend a global AIDS conference that starts Monday.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Social entrepreneur and Magsaysay Award winner Anshu Gupta on trash-based parallel economy
In India, he is simply known as the Clothing Man. He is a social entrepreneur and the recipient of prestigious Ramon Magsaysay. In 1998, Anshu Gupta left his corporate job and founded GOONJ with a mission to make clothing a matter of concern and to bring it among the list of subjects for the development sector.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Measuring What Matters – SmarterMoney+ Fund Metrics Scholarship Recognizes Top Impact Fund Managers
Big Path Capital in collaboration with several wealth advisors and consultants today announced the winner of the SmarterMoney+ Fund Metrics Scholarship: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). This group of leading impact investors and experts reviewed a range of impact reports and tools employed by the more than a dozen scholarship applicants to select the top 3 ranked funds based on outcomes-oriented impact measurement, management and reporting.
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- Impact Assessment
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Entrepreneur Reimagines Feminine Hygiene, Launches Social Venture
Serial entrepreneur Molly Hayward has a fresh take on feminine hygiene, reimagining everything from the absorbent materials to the packaging. With a deep commitment to social justice, she has paired her new products with a program to get girls in the developing world back to school by providing appropriate monthly products for them, too.
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- Impact Assessment
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- hygiene
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DRK Foundation raises $65 million to fund 100 new social innovation companies
A major Bay Area venture philanthropy foundation is committing $65 million to jumpstart 100 new socially-minded entrepreneurs with big ideas to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.
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- Impact Assessment
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- North America
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- philanthropy
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eKutir becomes India’s first Certified B Corporation
eKutir, a for-profit social enterprise fueling job creation, prosperity and livelihoods for India’s poorest communities, is the country’s first company to become a certified B Corp™. This prestigious designation is awarded to companies that use the power of business as a force for good, meeting the highest standards in performance, transparency and accountability to solve social and environmental problems.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- South Asia
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Kiva Debuts New Direct to Social Enterprise Program
Earlier this week, microfinance platform Kiva announced the launch of its new direct to social enterprise program, which is described as a pilot program that aims to raise capital for social enterprises in a new and more efficient way.
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- Impact Assessment