For the first time in 13 years, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study of 59 economies shows that women are creating businesses at a greater rate than men in three economies and in four others, the rates are nearly equal.
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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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Leila Janah (pictured) is Founder and CEO of Samasource. Prior to Samasource:
Janah was a a Visiting Scholar with the Stanford Program on Global Justice and Australian National University’s Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.
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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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According to “South Sudan: The biggest threat to a woman’s life,” the South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. Why? Childbirth and pregnancy, rather than conflict, are the nation’s biggest killers of girls and women.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit created the Women’s Economic Opportunity (WEO) Index. The index measures progress in the economic advancement of women and aims to look beyond gender disparities to the underlying factors affecting women’s access to economic opportunity.
Women drive economic growth.
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What can be done for all the women who struggle with inequalities right now?
In a world where women hold less than 20 percent of all legislative seats, 70 percent of the poorest people — those who live on less than $1.25 a day — are women,
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According to The Atlantic article by Anne-Marie Slaughter, “Why Women Can’t Have It All,” we’ve come a long way baby – or have we?
It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman,
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Women are creating alternatives to violence and poverty in their lives. They use strategies for change that start at the household and community, and then connect to the global level, so they can confront the crippling impacts of globalization.
Read it all here:
Globalization Head-On: Women Confronting Poverty
Mary Ann Manahan (pictured at right),
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