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Calling all women entrepreneurs: 2022 experiences survey
Share your motivations, experiences and challenges and be part of positive change for women entrepreneurs across the world.
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Seven Years of the SDGs
Women entrepreneurs have never been more important to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - yet they remain left behind
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Great achievements in a transitional year: Our 2021 Annual Report
We’re delighted to release our 2021 annual report, detailing our activities over a transitional year.
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Promising results from G7 Summit as leaders strengthen their commitments to women’s rights
G7 leaders have published a communiqué, with concrete commitments to women's empowerment.
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Stronger collaboration is key for women entrepreneurs’ access to finance
This MSME Day, we're challenging the gender stereotypes that hold back women-owned micro, small and medium sized businesses.
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G7 leaders must prioritise women’s empowerment at this year’s Summit
Fundamental changes must be made at a global level and across societies to dismantle the gendered barriers holding back women entrepreneurs.
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A year of collaboration & impact: congratulations to our new alumni mentees & mentors!
100% of our mentees and mentors gained skills – we’re celebrating their incredible achievements together.
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Elevating Women’s Rights in the G7 Agenda
In June, the G7 will meet to make policy decisions on issues including women’s rights. Here's how we'll be pushing for women's entrepreneurship to be high on the agenda.
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Highlighting the systemic barriers preventing women’s businesses accessing the global supply chain equally
Our Programme Officer Annika Hagel highlights an important panel discussion which was part of our Women Entrepreneurs Mean Business Summit: Equality in Supply.
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#BreakTheBias this International Women’s Day
This International Women’s Day theme, #BreakTheBias, asks all of us to call out gender bias, discrimination and stereotyping, fundamental barriers to achieving gender equality.
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CSW66 Side-Event: Gender Stereotypes & their Impact on Women’s Entrepreneurship & Economic Empowerment
Together with the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations, we held a side-event for the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
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The digital economy: a challenge and an opportunity for women entrepreneurs
Senior Programmes and MEL Officer Dermot Nicholas gives his key takeaways from the panel discussion 'Development of Women-Led MSMEs for the Digital Economy', part of our Women Entrepreneurs Mean Business Summit.
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