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Women Leaders and the Global Transformation Summit

Concept note In the context of the adoption of the new United Nations Sustainable Development goals and the historic Paris Climate Agreement at COP21, both followed by the perspective of COP22 in Marrakech, the Kingdom of Morocco is convening a worldwide summit on Women Leaders and Global Transformation needed to bring humanity on a low […]

Women Make Movies (WMM)

Women Make Movies was established in 1972 with the specific mission of training women to become film and video makers. Through the 1970s and early 1980s, hundreds of women participated in Women Make Movies’ training programs, collectively producing 70 films and videotapes. During the late 1970’s, in response to the lack of distribution and exhibition […]

Women migrants’ remittances

Remittances are the amount of money or kind that migrants send back to their family left behind. Several studies showed that they have an impact on development and poverty. In 2005, remittances represented about US$232 billion, of which developing countries received US$167 billion according to the World Bank. However, this amount only includes money transferred through formal […]

Women of Africa

Women of Africa (WOA) is a non-govermental organisation founded in 2002 which aims to develop programmes that empower and promote the most vulnerable and marginalised – women, the young and children. They promote dialogue north-south; south-south through partner projects which respond to the real needs of populations in difficulty. In addition, they employ local talent […]

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, Business and the Law 2016

Table of Contents 1 About Women, Business and the Law 2 Getting to Equal 3 Economies Covered in Women, Business and the Law 2016 4  Data Expansion 5  Online Gender Database 6  More Gender Data About Women, Business and the Law Though legal gender parity has improved around the world, major differences persist. Many laws and regulations continue to prevent […]

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