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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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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“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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As the U.S. government reconsiders the contours of its relationship with China, the U.S. Biden-Harris administration’s renewed global diplomacy presents a unique opportunity to engage with China from a position of strength.
Alongside American innovation, military might, and global partnerships,
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Everyone knows the classic adage, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”
But wegg® knows, “Give a woman a fish, and you feed her for a day.
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A 2014 census report conducted by the National Institute of Statistics in Rwanda, revealed that only 26.8 percent of sole proprietorship establishments are owned by women, compared to 73.2 percent owned by men.
What are the reasons for this imbalance?
In Donah Mbabazi’s article for “The New Times,” …
At the MEDays Forum panel “Bolstering Growth Through Gender Equality,” nine women were featured from different parts of the world and from different industrial sectors. The session was moderated by Aghadeer Jweihan, the director of the office of Jordan’s Princess Taghrid Mohammad and an entrepreneur.
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Jordan is considered one of the more progressive countries in the Middle East for women’s rights, and has established a legacy focused on the positive future of gender equality. Want to learn more about Jordan and meet with top female leaders and everyday Jordanian women to learn how the country is going about making progress toward gender equality?
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