I’ve been traveling lately, participating in a panel on the value of mentors and role models for would-be women business owners, presenting a paper on what gets missed when business enabling environment assessments don’t include gender, speaking at the We Own It Summit in London – and meeting with a group of women’s business advocates [...]
Archive for the ‘International development issues’ Category
Ruminations on the Women’s Enterprise Movement
Posted in International development issues, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women-owned business, tagged Julie Weeks, United Kingdom, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, Womenable on July 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Two Womenabling Initiatives of Note in Europe
Posted in business, gender equality, International development issues, women's enterprise development, tagged Europe, gender equality, GENDERA, Julie Weeks, WINNET8, women's enterprise, Womenable on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Womenable has come across two very interesting and womenabling initiatives in Europe to share with you: An initiative labeled “WINNET8“, subtitled “Women Resource Centers, an Innovation System for Gender Equal Growth in Europe.” This eight-country effort is focused on improving women’s labor market participation by focusing on entrepreneurship development, innovation, and occupational segregation. They’ve been [...]
The Most Womenabling News of 2010
Posted in business, gender equality, International development issues, international gender rankings, women's business development, women's enterprise development, tagged business growth, Davos World Economic Forum, economic impact, Economica, gender equality, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, ICSB, IJGE, International Museum of Women, Julie Weeks, market access, Millennium Development Goals, NWBC, procurement, top ten list, UN Women, United Kingdom, US Census Bureau, women's business development, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, Womenable on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In our year-end e-newsletter, rather than summarizing the latest womenabling news and providing womenablers everywhere with insights to educate, enlighten and empower your efforts, we’re ending the year by compiling what we feel are the most interesting and relevant activities that have taken place in the field of women’s enterprise development in 2010. Repeated here, [...]
An Online Discussion on Gender & Aid Effectiveness Worth Joining
Posted in gender equality, International development issues, women's business development, women's enterprise development, tagged empowering women, gender equality, UN Women, UN-INSTRAW, women's business development, women's empowerment on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all womenablers! The United Nations’ International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, known as UN-INSTRAW and now a part of the UN Women “entity,” has announced that it will host a three-week online discussion focused on promoting gender-sensitive development, integrating gender considerations into development projects, measuring effectiveness, and sharing good practices [...]
