Women hold up half the sky and according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Women’s Entrepreneurship report, they also are involved in a whole heck of a lot of startups – to the tune of more than 274 million women worldwide.
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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in partnership with West Blue Consulting, United Parcel Services (UPS) and Trade Law Center (TRALAC), has unveiled a digital trade solutions platform, tagged ‘eTradeHubs portal’ that will expand market access to men and women alike in Africa,
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Just like Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®, the Canadian federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) helps women entrepreneurs expand into global markets. While wegg® was launched in 2015, WES was launched in 2018. Since then, the Canadian government has almost doubled its investment to nearly $5 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic to help women-led businesses.
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Trade-related disruptions from the Covid-19 global pandemic are disproportionately impacting women. This is largely due to women’s overrepresentation in some of the sectors that have seen the sharpest falls in demand, such as travel and tourism, as well as manufacturing sectors such as footwear and apparel,
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Our wegg® Specialist, Maya Hu-Chan, has authored a wonderful book that all leaders who aspire to go global and be effective at it, must read. The book is titled, “Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust.”
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Below are answers to questions from our “Building a Successful E-Commerce Business and a Great Legacy During a Crisis” wegginar® on June 3, 2020 with Miranda Isaakidis (pictured far right), founder and CEO, Indulgence Spa Products.
W = wegg®
M = Miranda
W: Did you pivot your e-commerce business during the COVID-19 crisis in terms of marketing or product offering?
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A collection of resources for entrepreneurs to be allies to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Pure and simple: #BlackLivesMatter. We are horrified at what happened to George Floyd and we need to work together to:
- Stop racisim
- Prevent social injustice
- Listen more
- Speak up
- Be kinder
- Advocate for diversity,
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Join us on Wednesday June 3rd for a free wegginar® with Miranda Isaakidis.
Our new wegg® Virtual Cafe is a weekly online mentorship community.
