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  • International Women’s Day 2016: What issues are central to agricultural development for women?

    March 24, 2016 Editor 0

    A woman milking her goat Gender equality is an essential component for sustainable economic development. This year, the International Women’s Day (IWD) sparked a variety of discussions about climate change, livestock and gender in ensuring food security, improved nutrition and generating income at the household, national and international levels. Empowering rural women, especially in Africa, […]

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  • Economic opportunity for women: It’s good business

    March 16, 2016 Editor 0

    Achieving gender equality and the economic empowerment of women is both a moral and social imperative — and it’s also good business. A study conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that, if all countries matched the level of progress toward gender equality of the most advanced country in their region, annual global GDP could increase by up to […]

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  • The rise of women and their impact on firms’ performance

    January 5, 2016 Editor 0

    The rise of women and their impact on firms’ performance Charbel Salloum; Georges Azzi; Catherine Mercier-Suissa; Stephanie Khalil International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 27, No. 2/3 (2016) pp. 213 – 246 This paper aims to understand how the presence of women in management positively affects firms’ financial performance. In order to validate […]

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  • Shutting doors on women: How countries are legally preventing half their population from reaching their full economic potential

    November 10, 2015 Editor 0

    When Niloufar Ardalan, a 30-year-old professional athlete and the captain of the Iranian women’s indoor soccer team, recently got the opportunity to represent her country and play in the Asia Cup, she and her teammates must have been thrilled. But to play in the prestigious championship, Ardalan faced a major legal hurdle — one that you might […]

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  • Cultivating a psychological sense of community

    May 19, 2015 Editor 0

    Download our updated report, “Women in Data: Cutting-Edge Practitioners and Their Views on Critical Skills, Background, and Education,” by Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton and Shannon Cutt, featuring four new profiles of women across the European Union. Editor’s note: this is an excerpt from the free report. Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull is a recognized expert in women and […]

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  • 8 Considerations for Better Mobile Learning Solutions for Women

    May 13, 2015 Editor 0

      I was recently in Tanzania, working with the mobile operator Tigo to conduct participatory research with users of their Tigo Biashara service, which launched a few months ago. Tigo were awarded an Innovation Fund grant from GSMA Connected Women to develop Tigo Biashara, a mobile educational service, which offers business skills training aimed at […]

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