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South African Corporate Travel Agency Looks to Embolden Women Under New Investor
A pioneering female-focused private equity fund has backed a management buyout at Johannesburg's Club Travel Corporate.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Getting the ESG Framework Right
Big and medium-sized companies in the supply chain can help by requiring MSMEs to follow the path and report on ESG aspects with rigour.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Advances Women’s Economic Security Through the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund
The Agency will strive to increase incomes and opportunities for women, recognizing that this benefits entire communities, economies, and countries.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban All Education for Girls
Afghan girls and women have been squeezed out of public and professional life since the Taliban takeover last year
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- Education
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: Venture Capitalists Don’t Seem to Care Much About India’s Woman Entrepreneurs
In 2021, startups founded by women received only 0.3% of India’s total venture capital funding, according to data by DealStreetAsia.
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- Entrepreneurship
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) Closes the Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5 – the Fifth Issuance in the Women’s Livelihood Bond™ Series and the World’s First Orange Bond
The US$50 million IIX Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5 is the first sustainable debt security in the market issued in compliance with the Orange Bond Principles and is expected to empower ~300,000 women and girls across Asia and Africa.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: How Fintech Impacts Financial Inclusivity
According to the World Bank, financial inclusion is one of the main ways to monitor progress in reducing social inequality.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Unleashing Women Entrepreneurs by Challenging Gender Norms: An Innovative Approach to Changing Beliefs Around Household Chores
Globally, women and girls are responsible for three-quarters of unpaid care work, due to the still-common belief that a woman’s role in society is to take care of the home. As Trisha Clauson at Bopinc and Annegien Langedijk-Wilms at Growing Initiatives explain, this is preventing countless women entrepreneurs from building their businesses, reducing emerging markets' GDP by trillions of dollars. They explore an innovative program that leveraged mass media to foster more equitable gender norms around household chores in Nigeria, sharing learnings that can be used by other organizations supporting women entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship
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