Entrepreneurship is one of the main lifelines of positive economic activity in a country. Not only does it enable healthy competition, triggers innovation and introduces new products as well as services, it greatly contributes to economic development, productivity and job creation. While many barriers still exist for entrepreneurs leading their start-up lives from getting financed...
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World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers – UNICEF
More than five million families across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean spend over 40 per cent of their non-food household expenses on maternal health services every year, UNICEF said in a new analysis on maternal health. Nearly two-thirds of these households, or around three million, are in Asia while approximately 1.9 million...
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Advancing Safe Motherhood
Responses from 1.2 million women, collected by mobilizers in 114 countries show reproductive and maternal healthcare is often unsanitary, undignified and under-equipped. White Ribbon Alliance reveals the global results of its ground- breaking What Women Want Campaign; the largest ever open-ended survey into womens opinion on their own needs for quality reproductive and maternal...
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Maans first social incubator program receives regional and global interest
New public workshop to be held to provide advice on the application process. Application deadline extended to 13 July to accommodate increasing interest from social entrepreneurs. June 10th, 2019, Abu Dhabi (UAE): The Authority of Social Contribution Ma’an has extended the deadline till 13 July in response to the growing interest in its Maan...
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IN FOCUS – WD2019: PEPFAR Will Invest Nearly $2 Billion This Year to Empower and Support Women and Girls
At the recently concluded Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Canada, the U.S. government announced that it will invest nearly $2 billion this year to advance gender equality by supporting millions of women and girls through the U.S. Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Through PEPFAR, the U.S. government is deeply committed to gender equality,...
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9 out of 10 girls believe women leaders suffer discrimination and sexual harassment Plan International report
A vast majority of girls worldwide want to take leadership positions in the workplace, politics and wider society, yet more than 9 out of 10 believe as women leaders they will suffer widespread discrimination and sexual harassment, reveals new research by child rights organization Plan International. Close to 10,000 girls and young women between 15...
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IN FOCUS – WD2019: Enabling 250,000 Women Workers in Global Supply Chains
United Nations Foundation convenes private sector companies to step up to support women workers and improve productivity. June 8th, 2019, Vancouver (Canada):Ten global companies today announced new and expansive commitments to improving the health and empowerment of a combined more than 250,000 women workers and community members around the globe. Commitments from Unilever, Twinings,...
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IN FOCUS WD2019: Meeting Needs of Youth, Women And the Marginalized
Experts share new studies and documented best practices at global conference. June 8th, 2019, Vancouver (Canada):To help power progress, organizations at all levels have stepped up to document solutions and develop guidance for improving the health and rights of girls and women in humanitarian emergencies. Today at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, Bill Chambers,...
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IN FOCUS WD2019: Deliver For Good
As world leaders and global advocates convene for the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, leading companies introduce the Deliver for Good Business Ally Network to strengthen collaboration between the private sector and to promote critical investments in girls and women. June 8th, 2019 Vancouver (Canada) Today, Merck and P&G joined civil society organizations in announcing the Deliver...
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IN FOCUS – WD2019: Caring Is Sharing
June 5th, 2019, Vancouver (Canada):50 minutes a day. Thats the amount of additional time men would need to contribute every day to caring for children and households to make a leap toward achieving gender equality in unpaid care, reveals the third-ever State of the Worlds Fathers report, released today by Promundo, with Unilever Dove Men+Care at the...