Categoria: women
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Supporting Women’s Rights in Troubled Times
For many community-level organizations led by women around the world, innovation is born of necessity. It is only by thinking creatively within systems—systems that have been designed to put them at a disadvantage—that they have been able to negotiate peace, access health care for LGBT populations, and ensure legal protections against rape and child marriage.…
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Why we need more women in tech by 2030 – and how to do it
The numbers are appalling: women make up less than 25% of the STEM (science-technology-engineering-mathematics) workforce in the United States. Data from the US National Science Foundation shows that between 2006-2014, the number of women graduating with a degree in computer science actually declined. Life and social sciences have higher rates of participation and the…
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Cartier Women’s Initiative Empowering Entrepreneurs
In this series of four articles, Forbes features the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, an international competition offering financial help, professional coaching, and mentoring, as well as international networking and visibility to women and their enterprises. In this article, we focus on one of the most valuable aspects of participating in the competition—four months’ collaboration with…
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Digital Innovation Challenge for Women by Microsfot. Let’s go girls!
After a successful season one of the technology based ‘Digital Innovation Challenge for Women’, season 2 of the contest powered by Microsoft Bangladesh in association with The Daily Star, and organised by Women In Digital, has begun. The objective of this contest is to encourage women to develop new ideas, inspire them to develop new…
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Brasileiras levam startup para o Vale do Silício e contam como é
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Camilla Lopes e Melissa Gava, fundadoras da Mediação Online (Foto/Divulgação) São Paulo – Levar a sua empresa para o Vale do Silício – a meca das startups – é o sonho de dez entre dez empreendedores que atuam com inovação. E foi o que as empreendedoras Melissa Gava e Camilla Lopes fizeram em julho deste…
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Only 11% of architects and engineers are women. Let’s build a new pipeline for female talent
I am a female engineer. When I introduce myself, I still get gasps or looks of surprise. This isn’t a surprise to me as women account for just 11% of employees in architecture and engineering. There are a number of reasons for this, including what has been dubbed “the pipeline challenge”, that is points all…
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Fundo terá R$ 9,6 milhões para investir em startups lideradas por mulheres
O XFactor é voltado para startups iniciantes que ofereçam soluções disruptivas e tenham uma empreendedora no time de fundadores As empreendedoras terão um aliado a mais para o sucesso de seus negócios: o XFactor Ventures, um fundo de investimento voltado para startups que tenham pelo menos uma mulher entre seus fundadores. No total, o XFactor…
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Canadá diz que não é sua tarefa ensinar os EUA a governar
O presidente Donald Trump e o primeiro-ministro do Canadá, Justin Trudeau realizaram uma coletiva de imprensa conjunta após o lançamento do Conselho Canadá-Estados Unidos para o Avanço das Mulheres Empresárias e Líderes Empresariais. Durante a coletiva, Trump afirmou que “nestes tempos perigosos, é mais importante do que nunca que continuemos a fortalecer nossa aliança vital”.…
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“Como vim parar aqui? Tenho uma resposta”, diz única CEO negra do Brasil
Por Ana Pinho, do Na Prática “Represento, sim, 0,4% do universo de presidentes”, diz Rachel Maia, mulher, negra e CEO da Pandora Rachel Maia, da joalheria Pandora: a única CEO negra do Brasil (Germano Luders/VOCÊ S/A) Mulher, negra e brasileira – embora seu nome tenha a pronúncia americana –, Rachel Maia…
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World Bank launches loan program for women entrepreneurs
Participants of the ”Launch Event Women’s Entrepreneur Finance Initiative’, among them the daughter of the US President Ivanka Trump (front) and (second row L-R) World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (Front L), Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela…
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