In tandem with our list of the top ten womenabling news and events of the year – highlighted in the previous blogpost – we’d now like to share our list of the most noteworthy womenabling research reports of 2010. Here they are, listed in alphabetical order by report title. You might notice that there are [...]
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The Most Womenabling Research Studies of 2010
Posted in business, statistics, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's business research studies, tagged Cherie Blair Foundation, Davos World Economic Forum, Delta Economics, economic impact, Economist Intelligence Unit, empowering women, Guardian Life Index, ICSB, IJGE, Illuminate Ventures, NWBC, Quantum Leaps, women's business development, women's entrepreneurship, Womenable, World Bank on December 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Celebrating the Power of Numbers
Posted in business, statistics, women's enterprise development, tagged business, economic impact, empowering women, gender equality, statistics, United Nations, women's empowerment, women-owned business on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Where would we be without numbers? We womenablers know well that women business owners would still be all but invisible if not for statistics that show: women are starting businesses at a faster rate than their male counterparts, despite that fact, women-owned firms lag all firms with respect to number of employees and revenues, and [...]
2010 WEF Global Gender Gap Report published
Posted in gender equality, international gender rankings, women's business development, women's enterprise development, tagged Davos World Economic Forum, empowering women, gender equality, international gender rankings, Julie Weeks, women's business development, women's empowerment, Womenable on October 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s out: the fifth annual ranking, from the World Economic Forum, of how 134 world economies are faring in providing gender equality to their citizens in four key areas: economic participation, education, political empowerment and health. As in past years, Nordic countries come out on top. The top five-ranked countries in 2010 are the same [...]
Conversations on ‘Women in Power’ in Canada
Posted in business, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's leadership, tagged Canada, empowering women, Julie Weeks, The Globe and Mail, women's empowerment, women's entrepreneurship, Women's History Month, Womenable on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a provocative title for a series, and an opening salvo in a series of discussions online and in Canada’s leading newspaper, The Globe and Mail. Entitled, “Canada: Our Time to Lead,” the series will feature stories and conversations on eight important topics, one of which is Women in Power. A look at the stories [...]
