According to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman:
Studies have found that women-owned firms that export not only earn more, but also employ more people and are, on average, more productive than women-owned firms that do not. In addition,
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Two female beef industry leaders, Josie Angus and Prue Bondfield, both exceptionally knowledgeable on the opportunities and challenges involved with exporting produce, talk exports.
Josie Angus runs Signature Beef, a family beef company in Australia that has grown to successfully brand and market to customers in 24 countries internationally.
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The Story Exchange featured this 3-part series on exporting, which is excerpted from Laurel Delaney’s new book, Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably.
1. It’s Time For Women To Take On the World
Having women involved in international trade is good for the global economy.
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Is this for real? It’s hard to say because one cannot shake this upsetting article about the abusive treatment of women in Pakistan published by The Atlantic. Regardless, the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is organizing a large exhibition WEXNET 2014 for the promotion of business women of the country.
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South African Sarah Collins, who grew up under apartheid, was driven to become an entrepreneur so she could invent something that would help lift her neighbors out of poverty.
She tried earthworm farms and co-op vegetable crops, yet never got very far until a countrywide electricity shortage caused rolling blackouts in 2007 and she was forced to figure out a way to keep her dinner warm without power.
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The future is bright for female entrepreneurs, particularly Thai female entrepreneurs because they want to be successful and it is easier to export these days. But it doesn’t come without obstacles:
But there are challenges because the AEC is coming,
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Eastern Cape businesswomen are on a mission through an Eastern Cape cooperative to crack into international markets. Thanks to the Department of Trade and Industry (the DTI), more than thirty-three business people are participating in in the 30th International Fair of Luanda Trade Exhibition popularly known as FILDA,
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Our good friend and colleague, Barbara Kasoff, President, CEO and co-founder of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) wrote the following article for the recent edition of Enterprising Women. In it, she explains why exporting is important for women-owned businesses.
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Three Brazilian government organizations have signed an agreement to support gender equality policies for exporting companies. The partnership involves the Brazilian Ministry of Development Industry and Foreign Trade, the Special Secretariat for Women’s Policies and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency.
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