For the Irish, a fighting spirit and a bright smile comes from within a person. On this special day, which is my favorite day of the year – St. Patrick’s Day – we are all Irish. Cast that smile wide and hug whoever is next to you right now.
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The Association of Bumiputra Women Entrepreneur Network of Malaysia (WENA), established in 2003, aims to have 500 young Bumiputera women entrepreneurs by year-end, from the current 350.
“We want to attract new members through networking sessions,
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In sadness to the recent rape of a 23-year old female student in New Delhi by six men on a public bus, we feature this piece by Ranjani Iyer Mohanty, a writer and editor based in India. Her articles have appeared in the International Herald Tribune,
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According to “India is Great For Women Entrepreneurs, Bad For Women. How Is This Possible?,” Amit Midha, Dell’s Chairman For Global Emerging Markets says:
“We have found the ideal country for a woman starting a business in 2012 could well be India.”
How can this be?
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To do well as a woman professionally, it might be prudent to situate yourself in a country that treats you well and supports your ambitions.
Earlier in the year, Forbes released its list of the ten best countries for women (not necessarily for women starting a business).
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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (video clip), 33, launched a shoe company called soleRebels (www.solerebelsfootwear.co) out of Africa. This is no ordinary tale.
“I kept hearing over and over the phrase ‘poverty alleviation,”’ said Ms. Tilahun,
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The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. (Matrade) wants to produce 200 new women exporters via the Women Exporters Development Programme (WEDP) by 2015.
We will produce 24 export-driven women entrepreneurs a year and we aim to achieve our target by 2015,”
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Christopher Schroeder at PandoDaily will be sharing his stories over the next two weeks (don’t miss them) on the changing Middle East and it involves rockin’ women entrepreneurs.
They are running platforms for Arabic translation out of Beirut,
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Ella Peinovich (pictured lower right) is one of the three founders of Kenyan-based SasaAfrica, a women owned and operated social enterprise — offering an innovative e-commerce platform for female artisans, vendors and entrepreneurs in Africa to create sustainable micro-enterprises using mobile phones.
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An organization by the name of Women in Global Business (WIGB), established December 2010, is aligning with the University of Melbourne in a research project aimed to determine what motivates and shapes Australian businesswomen’s international engagement.
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