ADB provides support to PH’s 1st gender bond
ADB provides support to PH’s 1st gender bond MANILA – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it provided technical assistance to the Philippines’ first Gender Bond issued by ASA Philippines Foundation Inc. In a statement on Thursday, ADB said it provided technical assistance to support bond framework development and capacity building through the Asian Bond Markets […]
Nonprofit raises P5B via Philippines’ first gender bond sale
Nonprofit raises P5B via Philippines’ first gender bond sale MANILA, Philippines — ASA Philippines Foundation Inc. (ASA Phils.) issued the country’s first gender bond and raised P5 billion, with the goal of promoting lending for women entrepreneurs. The gender-themed debt notes, which are payable in 5 years, were sold to primary institutional lenders, the Asian Development Bank said […]
Meta partners with Pakistan’s central bank to digitally empower 500 women entrepreneurs
Meta partners with Pakistan’s central bank to digitally empower 500 women entrepreneurs Company has trained over 9,000 women entrepreneurs across Pakistan since 2018 Islamabad: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has joined forces with Pakistan’s central bank to digitally empower 500 women entrepreneurs and small businesses. The collaboration aims to provide training, resources, and networking […]
Index names NZ No.1 for women entrepreneurs
Index names NZ No.1 for women entrepreneurs New Zealand is in the lead but gender bias is still in play for women entrepreneurs around the world, according to the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs. New Zealand women entrepreneurs have the strongest supporting conditions and opportunities to thrive, according to the second edition of the Mastercard […]
Change Make Her: Cocal-Cola Foundation, microloan platform Kiva to support 45K women entrepreneurs in Ph, worldwide
Change Make Her: Cocal-Cola Foundation, microloan platform Kiva to support 45K women entrepreneurs in Ph, worldwide The Coca-Cola Foundation has announced its support for Change Make Her, a new five-year partnership with microloan nonprofit Kiva to improve financial access for under-represented entrepreneurs around the world. The announcement was made at the Coca-Cola “Level the Playing […]
Glorifying multi-tasking by women entrepreneurs has to stop, says CARE
Glorifying multi-tasking by women entrepreneurs has to stop, says CARE New research by development organization CARE has revealed how ingrained gender norms are, who is enforcing them and how they are preventing women entrepreneurs from reaching their goals. Revealingly, it is not just men who are piling expectations on women – it is also women […]
To empower female entrepreneurs, we must challenge gender norms
To empower female entrepreneurs, we must challenge gender norms New research from CARE’s Ignite program in Pakistan, Peru and Vietnam has shown how much women’s professional ambitions are curtailed by the deeply ingrained assumption that a woman should be the primary childcare giver and the man should be the breadwinner. Some of our headline findings are: – […]