Digitally enabled platforms are estimated to create 70% of new value added over the next decade, and past estimates of the global digital economy range from an average of 4.5% to 15.5%. And yet, gaps in access risk further excluding women from these economic opportunities.
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Trump’s tariffs are bad enough on the United States and we – at Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® – certainly don’t think of them as having any gender bias. That is, until we read Prachi Agarwal’s comprehensive and pretty convincing article, “‘Pink tariffs’
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“Entering new export markets and importing quality goods are crucial for firms to grow. Finding evidence that female entrepreneurs are less active in trading partner countries that display high levels of gender inequality can therefore have adverse implications for business performance in general,” says Ina Jäkel,
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Despite the documented positive impacts of women-owned businesses on economic growth and poverty reduction, a significant gap remains in understanding how international trade intersects with female participation, particularly in accessing trade finance. Hence, “Banking on Women Who Trade Across Borders” underscores the critical need for gender equality in international trade and trade finance.
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Disaggregated economic data is information about the economy broken down into categories such as race, gender, age and other variables. The Bureau of Labor Statistics didn’t make it possible to disaggregate employment data by both race and gender until 1972. So, how do economists find out what the economy looked like before disaggregated data?
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In this report, The Centre for New Economics Studies (CNES) observes the entrepreneurship landscape of these identified countries – India, Germany, Mexico, Russia and Saudi Arabia – to understand how the business landscape shapes the involvement of ‘women as leaders’ and in driving business levers across sectors.
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A timely article from The Financial Times outlines an analysis of the ever-widening gap that remains between the number of investors that roll the dice on male-founded companies versus female-founded companies. The exposé by Kate Bassett, entitled, “Female founders seek remedies to lack of backers,”
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
-Alice Walker
March marks the beginning of Women’s History Month, and this Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 is International Women’s Day. Both of these annual periods of recognition commemorate the significant influence and impact that women have had on our global society and honor the strides that women and girls will take as the future unfolds.
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Last week, October 11th, 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child. This annual commemorative day serves as a celebration of the powerful, strong, and inspirational girls across the world that become change-making and barrier-breaking women. It is also a yearly call to action for world leaders,
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“What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn? That since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. It’s the world that convinced her she did not.”
– Rupi Kaur
March 8th, 2022 is recognized worldwide as International Women’s Day!
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