To achieve economic empowerment, women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka yearn for a successful career. They also help their families, and the country, prosper. Women entrepreneurship can contribute to a country’s development process in a number of ways.
At an individual level, it creates employment opportunities for women.
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It goes like this. A New York-based social enterprise Bird & Stone sells jewelry and sends 15 percent of its profits to the SiSi Fund. SiSi Fund:
A micro-finance fund in Kitale, Kenya run by a nonprofit, it helps women,
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Sarah Hildersley, Regional Coordinator – South West, Overseas Business Networks Program, Business West , talks about her time in the Middle East and the opportunities which exist for UK companies.
It’s important to highlight that women can do business in the Middle East.
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As a woman business owner, are you cautious when it comes to taking risks? You are not alone. Many business women are but when big risks lead to big rewards, female leaders must develop a different attitude if they are going to increase their growth prospects.
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Dell announced the results of the second annual Gender-Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), revealing that more than 75 per cent of the countries surveyed were not meeting the most fundamental conditions required for female entrepreneurs to prosper.
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Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), Punjab has already taken an initiative to discover and groom women entrepreneurs who have excellent handicraft skills. The intent is to boost textile exports and help women at the same time develop their capabilities.
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Over the next two years, Australia will serve as a champion to improve the capacity of trade promotion agencies in the APEC region to support women exporters says Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja.
While leading Australia’s delegation to the APEC Women and the Economy Forum (WEF) in Beijing,
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The International Women’s Hackathon (second one took place April 25-27th) is a crowdsourcing event to empower young women leaders in computer science.
By providing a fun and safe environment in which to explore computing, the hackathon encourages and supports university women around the world to become producers of future innovations in technology and help solve challenges in the world today.
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The Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Africa (WELA) in Kenya aims to empower female executives in the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment. Kenyan female entrepreneurs will benefit from a mentorship program recently launched by industry lobbyists and world renowned business think tanks.
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Who are the top women deal-makers and game-changers in the Irish business world? You can find out through the inaugural Sunday Independent 50 most powerful and influential business women in Ireland list, which provides a snapshot of the top executives at the helm of some of the country’s most innovative,
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