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St. Louis company hiring women rescued from sex trafficking
Manske was sure she wanted to do something to help, but did not know exactly how. A few years later, she received two wedding gifts that would spark an idea.
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Financial inclusion is improving around the world—but women are still missing out
In developing countries, the gap in financial inclusion between men and women has stalled at nine percentage points.
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No girl’s period should force her to miss school, and this startup is making sure of that
Twenty years after Bamisaye finished school, Nigerian schoolgirls continue to face the same challenges when they menstruate. So, she decided to do something about it—by creating a startup that provides girls with menstrual hygiene kits in the hope that they'll stay in school.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and International Trade Centre ink Memorandum of Understanding for mutual cooperation
Rob Skidmore, Chief, Sector and Enterprise Competitiveness Division of Enterprises and Institutions, ITC, said, “ITC is delighted to combine our knowledge of SME competitiveness and value chains with PPAF’s deep expertise in grass roots development SME competitiveness and improving value chains and PPAF’s deep expertise in grass roots development to make a real difference in the lives of the poor.”
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- South Asia
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Resilient Ivorian Lynda Aphing-Kouassi: From investment banker to social entrepreneur
Resilient Ivorian social entrepreneur, Lynda Aphing-Kouassi established her business, Kaizene in 2014 to service private and public sector enterprises in applying their human resources.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: OPIC unveils 2x Women’s Initiative to mobilize more than $1bil to invest in the world’s women
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) today unveiled its global 2X Women’s Initiative, which will mobilize more than $1 billion to projects that support women in developing countries, unlocking the multi-trillion dollar investment opportunity women represent. The announcement was made at the 8th Annual International Women’s Day Forum, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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- Investing
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Bridging the Gender Gap in Agriculture: Eight Success Stories for International Women’s Day
Women account for more than 40 percent of the agricultural workforce worldwide, but they own less than 20 percent of the world’s land, and earn just a fraction of what their male counterparts do. On International Women’s Day, Oumou Camara, writing on behalf of Farming First, shares the stories of eight remarkable women who are bridging the gender gap in agriculture in emerging markets around the world.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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Press release: Closing the Gender Gap in Women’s Access to Financial Products and Services Could Unlock $330 Billion in Annual Global Revenue
A new report from BNY Mellon and the UN Foundation reveals that increasing women's access to financial products and services could expand the market for financial service providers and promote gender equality.
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