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HER Digital Academy Announces First Fully Online Global School for Women to Launch Careers in Tech
HER Digital Academy is helping women across the world upskill and re-train individually, while also partnering with workplaces to build accelerator programs for startup founders
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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- accelerators, education, engineering, skills training, startups, tech, Women
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Mastercard and Kasha Reinforce Commitment to Empower Women and Support Micro-Entrepreneurs in Africa
Mastercard today expanded its relationship with Kasha Global Incorporated through an investment in the purpose driven ecommerce platform.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN’s WeEmpowerAsia Launches Accelerator for Female Entrepreneurs in the Care Sector
UN Women’s WeEmpowerAsia program has announced the launch of a new accelerator to support female entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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G7 to Boost Girls’ Education and Women’s Employment in Recovery From COVID-19 Pandemic
G7 Foreign & Development Ministers to commit $15 billion to help women in developing countries to access jobs and build businesses.
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- Coronavirus, Education
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- coronavirus, education, gender equality, jobs, LMICs, pandemics, Women
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Building Inclusion Into the Investment Process: Four Steps for Addressing Bias Against Women Startup Founders
While overall global funding for startups grew in 2020, women founders received 27% less investment than the previous year. The problem is particularly troubling in emerging markets, where only 11% of seed funding went to companies with a woman on their founding team in 2019. Akansha Kasera and Malika Anand at BFA's Catalyst Fund discussed the issue with two female venture capitalists, Lexi Novitske from Acuity Ventures and Lelemba Phiri from Enygma Ventures: They share four steps the investment industry should take to boost gender equity and reduce bias against women startup founders.
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- Investing
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Press Release: DigiPlex Supports Sustainable School-Building in Cote d’Ivoire with 1.2 Million NOK Donation to UNICEF
DigiPlex is supporting a pioneering UNICEF scheme that empowers mothers economically by creating an innovative recycling market, transforming plastic waste into building bricks for new school construction.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: COVID-19 Shows Need to Close Financial Inclusion Gender Gap
In many parts of the world, women have had less access to financial services than men for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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Press Release: DFC Achieves First Close of $100 Million Loan to WaterEquity’s Global Access Fund to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation
Transaction was first in accordance with the ICMA’s Sustainability Bond Guidelines and will expand access to water and sanitation for 5 million people in emerging markets, mostly women.
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- WASH
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- emerging market, sanitation, sustainability, WASH, water, Women
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