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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Twenty-six Fellows are traveling to Kiva partner organizations in 31 countries on five continents around the world. Twelve Fellows from previous classes are heading to new assignments to keep Kiva running smoothly. What will they be doing?
For the next four months,
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Go here to view Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Share it with the world because each of us has a dream we wish to turn into a reality.
Illustration credit: Boing Boing
Posted by: Laurel Delaney
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Happiness through individual initiative — better known as entrepreneurship — is something Princess Kate Middleton (pictured and learn more about her effect on the world here) is very familiar with. After all, did you know:
When Kate was five,
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Posted by: Laurel Delaney
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The Coca-Cola Company has a big goal:
To enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across our global value chain by 2020.
Learn more about The Coca-Cola Company: 5by20 and how they are helping women succeed in the global marketplace.
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Goods 4 Good, run by Melissa Kushner (Founder and Executive Director – pictured above), empowers communities to support orphans and other children in need by supplying materials that meet the immediate needs of these children while partnering with local community centers to strengthen their skills and build businesses for sustained impact.
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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (video clip), 33, launched a shoe company called soleRebels (www.solerebelsfootwear.co) out of Africa. This is no ordinary tale.
“I kept hearing over and over the phrase ‘poverty alleviation,”’ said Ms. Tilahun,
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We all know that Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund is no ordinary soul. Through her company she has changed the way the world tackles poverty.
Below she shares her top five secrets comprising of connectivity,
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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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