Economic empowerment

The International Alliance for Women

The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) is a network of professional women dedicated to improving the economic status of all women around the world: from senior level executive and professional women, to career women just beginning their careers, to women in transition and young girls planning for their careers, to the most needy of all: […]

Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization (WELDO)

WELDO is a leading not for profit developmental organization rendering valuable services to the development sector in Pakistan since January 1st, 2003. WELDO is the only women organization in Pakistan working on a wide array of areas like Gender, Energy, Responsible Trade, Tobacco Control and Research & Development. Table of Contents 1 Partnerships 2 Programs on […]

Women, Business and the Law 2010 report: Methodology

The Women, Business and the Law pilot report builds on the experience of Doing Business project to develop objective indicators of impediments to entrepreneurship and employment for women. Doing Business analyzes regulations that apply to a business throughout it life cycle, including start-up and operations, trading across borders, paying taxes, and closing a business across […]

Women, Business and the Law 2012 report: Methodology

Table of Contents 1 Background 1.1 Accessing Institutions 1.2 Using Property  1.3 Getting a Job 1.4 Providing Incentives to Work 1.5 Building Credit 1.6 Going to Court 2 See also 3 External links Background Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations that affect women’s ability to earn an income, either by starting and […]

Women and Thailand’s industry sector

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Situation of women workerswomen,economy and labor. http://www.gender.go.th/report/report…/economy.htmlRetrieved 10 July 2012 3 Status of Thai Women in the last 2 decadesNapas Sirisampant.Status of women in the last 2 decades. Bangkok. 2544. 4 See also 5 References 6 External links 7 Group 11 Introduction The number of women workers has increased […]

Women’s economy and labour in Thailand

Table of Contents 1 Occupation and income 2 Status of work 3 Wage 4 4.1 Degree of Thai workers 4.2 Mechanisms contributing to the work of women http://www.gender.go.th/report/report50/economy.html 5 See also 6 References 7 External links 8 Group 11 9 Feedback Occupation and income Since 1995, the status of women in Thailand has developed significantly, resulting […]

Gender Equality and Financing for Development

Financing for gender equality is a critical part of the discussion on financing for development, in that sustainable economic growth and human development require women’s full participation in the economy, making it necessary to tailor development finance to the needs of both women and men. Table of Contents 1 Monterrey Consensus and Gender Equality 2 […]

Women’s International Center (WIC)

Women’s International Center [WIC] was founded in 1982 as a non-profit education and service foundation with the mission  to ‘acknowledge, honor, encourage and educate women’. Living Legacy Awards Since its inception WIC has fulfilled its purpose in many ways. Beginning in 1983 the Living Legacy Awards (LLA) began to acknowledge and honour women. For twenty-four […]

Women’s Empowerment in the Amazon

Table of Contents 1 Women in the Amazon rainforest 2 Forest health 3 Women’s health 4 The Forest women’s baggage 5 A Forest methodology Women in the Amazon rainforest They live days away from the nearest town. They break nuts, gather fruits, they fish, grow medicinal plants, manioc, açaí; they use coffee to alleviate the […]

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