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Find out what the Foundation is up to with our news posts, discover how we use our voice through our blogs, get the latest updates on our impact and take a look at our events.
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships and locally led development: a recipe for impact
Elizabeth Wells, our Head of Entrepreneurship, shares key insights from our women's entrepreneurship initiative in Vietnam and Indonesia
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Calling the Commission on the Status of Women to tackle gender stereotypes blocking women’s entrepreneurship
An overview of our high-profile CSW66 side-event with the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the UN
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Uneven histories: the global growth of women’s entrepreneurship
Exploring the history of women’s entrepreneurship across the world, and the Foundation's place in it.
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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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Switching to digital delivery during COVID-19: Key lessons
Alice Allan, Challenge Director at Business Fights Poverty, explores five key lessons from our online project for women entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Indonesia
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Meet our Global Campaign Board chair Pembe!
Our Global Campaign Board is a worldwide group of visionary philanthropists, business leaders and experts helping to deliver our 100,000 Women Campaign. Meet our Middle East chair, Pembe Al Mazrouei!
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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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From strength to strength: what’s next in Kenya?
We’re reflecting on the impact of our programmes in Kenya so far and looking ahead for what’s to come in 2022.
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50,000 users, 3 awards and huge impact: HerVenture’s a triumph!
Our award-winning mobile business skills app HerVenture has been changing women’s lives since 2018. 50,000 of them, to be exact.
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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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Mentoring Women in Business: Celebrating another year of outstanding impact!
Programme Officer Toni Adebayo-Oke celebrates the Mentoring Women in Business programme’s impact throughout 2021.
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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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