It’s that pure and simple. Let’s get it done.
“India’s growth rate can make a quantum jump of 4.2 per cent if women in the country get equal opportunity in the core sectors of the economy,” Lakshmi Puri,
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Minister for Small Business John Perry TD encourages more women to start their own business. Irish Ambassadors for Female Entrepreneurship (Facebook page) have been appointed by the European Commission to promote and encourage more women to become entrepreneurs and set up businesses.
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Lorraine Hariton (pictured) has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology sector in Silicon Valley.
From 2003 to 2005, Hariton served as President and CEO of Apptera. She served as the CEO of Beatnik from 1999 to 2002.
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Fascinating piece — worthy of a read to merely understand the difference between a burqa (top) and a niqab (bottom) and the origin of the ‘faceless Muslim woman.’
So why all the fuss, on both sides of this question, about a tiny minority of women who wear odd-looking dress in a country (France) that is the world’s creative headquarters for odd-looking fashion?
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From the United States, a report published by The Wall Street Journal on women’s progress in the workplace.
A quote from World Bank President Bob Zoellick:
We estimate there are about three billion people working in the world.
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon writes a powerful opinion piece for CNN: “Why think small when it comes to women in poor nations?” I love this commentary for the truth it speaks. Please make sure you read it.
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Stacie Nevadomski Berdan dispells ten myths on why women don’t go abroad.
First, here’s a snippet of an interesting fact:
According to a recent study by ANZ recruitment agency Hydrogen Group, women who want to further their career should work overseas.
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Here is a briefing on the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards.
Special Briefing
Melanne Verveer
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, Maria Bashir
Washington, DC
March 8, 2011
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According Huffington Post blogger Marcia Reynolds, to distinguish yourself in today’s workplace, you need a global perspective. I believe you should have (cultivate) this outlook every second of the day but here’s what Reynolds says about the benefits of developing this mindset in the world of work:
A global perspective widens your lens of possibility.
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Sharon Allen writes:
As an accountant for the past 38 years, I have long believed that numbers tell a story. For many years, I have seen a steady stream of research whose numbers confirm the impressive contributions made by the relatively few women at the highest levels of leadership in business today.
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