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Press Release: Deetken Impact and Pro Mujer Receive $1.3 Million From USAID to Advance Gender Equality and Promote Gender Smart Practices in SMEs in Latin America
Deetken Impact and Pro Mujer receive US$1.3 million from USAID to augment the Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund through three main components—incremental capital, technical assistance, and knowledge dissemination and advocacy.
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- Finance, Social Enterprise
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Analysis: Humanitarian Crises Monitoring: Coronavirus in Developing Countries: Secondary Impacts
Developing countries face disastrous healthcare setbacks, hunger and huge international debt as covid-19’s ‘final wave.’
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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European Union Boosts Resilience in Northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal States
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a €6.1 million contribution from the European Union to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities in Northern and Western Bahr El Ghazal states.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: Sustainable Finance Addresses Social Justice as COVID-19 Raises the Stakes
Early in the pandemic, the coronavirus was seen as the "great leveler," hitting rich and poor alike. Instead, it's become apparent that COVID-19 is the "great divider," aggravating the many structural inequities between richer and poorer nations and people--leading to demands for social justice.
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- Coronavirus
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Ethical Labels Not Fit for Purpose, Report Warns Consumers
Certification schemes may serve to mask human rights abuses and allow government inaction, study claims
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- Agriculture, Energy
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Viewpoint: Covid-19 & Inequality Test Corporate Purpose
A new initiative designed to evaluate how well companies are living up to their statements of corporate purpose in a time of global crises seeks expert input from stakeholder communities.
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- Coronavirus
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- North America
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Accessible Tourism for the Disabled: Developing a Valuable Untapped Market in Emerging Economies
The rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities is becoming a more urgent global priority. And according to Sourajit Aiyer at South Asia Fast Track Sustainability Communications, there is also a compelling business case for serving this market through accessible tourism. He explores the growth and potential of these services in emerging countries around the world.
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- Uncategorized
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With $715B in AUM, Impact Investors Stay the Course, Despite the Pandemic
Amid a backdrop of a global pandemic and protests against brutal treatment of African Americans by police and systemic racism, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) just produced its 10th annual survey of the market.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing