According to the World Bank, international trade drives growth and competitiveness. It promotes fairness. It spurs innovation and efficiency. When trade flows in a rules-based system, jobs, wages, and investment increase.
A critical piece of trade, especially within a global supply chain,
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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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With the awesome news that Kamala Harris will be America’s vice president, we are energized that things will get cooking – placed as a top priority – on the international trade front for women because trade improves the lives of women. One fact for sure: America will have through Kamala its first female vice president,
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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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Funded by the UK and called “SheTrades Outlook , a new tool is available that tracks the types and prevalence of trade policies designed to promote more trade by women-owned businesses.
The index initially covers 25 countries as wide-ranging as Australia and Canada to Mauritius,
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Thinx has emerged from the chaos of receiving a lot of negative press recently to that of a company with a clear global mission: making underwear products for people with periods and breaking taboos around the topic.
Are they thinking of new growth?
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We are so excited about our next wegg workshop® March 13th and hosted by Associated Bank (525 West Monroe Street, 15th Floor) from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Central time.
Here’s why we cannot contain our enthusiasm.
Kiesque CEO and founder Jacqueline Smith will be sharing her experience running a global small business and expect all attendees (that is why seating is limited!) to engage in a conversation.
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Here is an excerpt from our hashtag #weggchat (follow @weggtoday) held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Central time.
Starting Up and Taking a Personal Care Product Global
weggchat™ guest: Jacqueline Smith, CEO
Kiesque (www.Kiesque.com)
weggchat moderator: Laurel Delaney,
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On Wednesday February 6th at 11:00 am CST, Jacqueline Smith will be leading our first weggchat™ of 2019 on Twitter. Smith is the CEO of Kiesque, and her chat will cover “Starting Up and Taking a Personal Care Product Global.”
Why should you participate?
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While Solange Nisingizwe was on vacation, she designed clothes for herself. When she returned to Switzerland, she met so many people who admired her outfits and were asking where they could get similar designs that she began making them on a small scale until the number grew.
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