2010 Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Program
Women as Innovator Entrepreneurs: Generating Economic Growth and Job Creation
Program Dates: August 8 - August 19, 2010
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 1, 2010
The 2010 program will focus on the important role that innovative entrepreneurship plays in contributing to economic growth and job creation.
Innovators may generally be defined as those who have [...]
2010 Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Program, Hawaii
Trade Agreements not Helping Poor Women Study
Trade Agreements not Helping Poor Women Study
It is commonly argued that cheaper imports reduce poverty in a country because they enable the poor to spend, which in turn boosts the economy.
But new research has cast doubt on this argument, with findings indicating that the majority of women, especially the poor, are unlikely to be able [...]
Nobel Women’s Initiative - Co-ordinator of Events and Operations: Ottawa, Canada
Nobel Women’s Initiative - Co-ordinator of Events and Operations: Ottawa, Canada
Closing date: March 19, 2010
Anticipated Start Date: April 15, 2010
The Coordinator of Events and Operations ensures activities and operations run smoothly and efficiently so that the objectives and strategic priorities of Nobel Women’s Initiative are met and plans of action are successfully implemented.
The co-ordinator plays a [...]
The Rise and Fall of Gender Empowerment
The Rise and Fall of Gender Empowerment
The 45-member Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), presiding over one of the largest gatherings of women at the United Nations, listened to dozens of speakers spelling out the successes and failures of gender empowerment worldwide.
The stories covered a wide range of issues, including political under-representation, discrimination in [...]
Everywoman - Women and the Politics of Water
Everywoman - Women and the Politics of Water
Women News Network (WNN) is dedicated to bringing you in-depth international women’s news not found in our current public media stream.
Women bear the brunt of a world water shortage that is getting more and more critical as clean water becomes more and more scarce.
The UN says two-thirds of [...]
