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Women’s History Month: Celebrating 14 Years of Supporting Women Entrepreneurs
Although they face many barriers, with the right support women entrepreneurs can be an unstoppable force, changing the world around them for the better.
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Mentoring Women in Business: Meet PayPal Mentor Tim
Our Mentoring team’s Jetske van Dijk chats to Tim Allitt, Issuance Product Manager at PayPal and mentor on our flagship programme.
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Women’s History Month: women entrepreneurs, founders, leaders and changemakers who inspire us
March is Women’s History Month, and our staff have been reflecting on women from history who inspire us through their ability to change the world, solve problems with innovative solutions and create world-renowned organisations.
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The 100,000 Women Campaign: heading into year 2…!
By January 2020, we had directly supported over 160,000 women entrepreneurs across more than 100 low and middle income countries.
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2021: What’s the lay of the land for women’s entrepreneurship?
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s Director of External Affairs, Sian Hawkins, shares her thoughts on the state of the world for women’s entrepreneurship in 2021, during this ongoing time of global crisis, change, rebuild and opportunity.
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Overcoming exceptional challenges: Our November 2020 mentees celebrate graduating in a year like no other
On Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2020, James, one of our Mentoring Programme Administrators, celebrates the achievement of mentors and mentees who graduated from our Mentoring Women in Business programme earlier this month.
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Cause to Celebrate: Our Mentees Graduate with Flying Colours!
Against the backdrop of a global economic crisis, the graduation of our cohort of mentees in June 2020 gave us cause to celebrate and look to the future. James, one of our Mentoring Programme Administrators, shares the inside track…
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Take Our Business Bootcamp
In response to the challenges facing women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries as a result of COVID-19, and the accompanying needs, we’re making 24 ‘Business Bootcamp’ training webinars, previously developed with our partner Accenture for our Skilling for Change programme, open-access and available for free on our website.
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Happy International Women’s Day: Pay It Forward!
An International Women’s Day message from our CEO, Helen McEachern, published in March 2020.
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Insight into our work in Indonesia
Senior Partnerships Manager Hayley Matthews and Senior Programme Manager Elizabeth Wells discuss their trip to Indonesia, giving on-the-ground insight into our work.
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Cashless economies hold promise for women’s empowerment
The developing economies of the world are going cashless. In this blog, we explore the benefits of cashless economies for women entrepreneurs.
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The World’s Greatest Mobile Event: Mobile World Congress 2015
The Mobile World Congress took place in Barcelona this week.
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