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SUMMARY:Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Roundtable Tuesday\, 21 February 2023 8.00AM EST | 1.00PM GMT
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: African Women Entrepreneurs: Thriving during the Covid-19 pandemic \nTuesday\, 21 February 2023 8:00 AM EST | 1:00 PM GMT  \nThis round table session intends to generate a conversation on Sub-Saharan African (SSA) women entrepreneurs and their experiences of starting\, running and growing their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while\, at the same time\, flattening the curve. \nClick here to register: https://bit.ly/3kB0ShF
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SUMMARY:WEI Global Institute Entrepreneurship Policy Roundtable Series Women and Social Entrepreneurship: Opportunity and Policy 29 November\, 2022 GMT | 30 November\, 2022 NZDT
DESCRIPTION:The WEI Global Institute (WGI) collaborates with partners\, such as the Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Research Network (Global WEP)\, to engage academics\, policy makers\, private sector\, and key stakeholders. The virtual roundtables aim to identify and address issues & solutions\, share lessons\, and advocate for changes necessary to advance gender economic equity. \nOur inaugural 2022 series is co-sponsored by the WGI and the Global WEP. \nJoin us on November 29/30 for the third panel discussion on Women and Social Entrepreneurship: Opportunity and Policy. To join us\, register here: https://bit.ly/3fjg9kK  \nWednesday\, 30 November 2022 7:00am NZDT | Tuesday\, 29 November 2022 2:00 PM EST  | 7.00 PM GMT  \nAs the world moves into the post-COVID era\, continued global supply chain disruptions\, war in eastern Europe\, and almost weekly examples of the devastating (and inequitable) effects of the global climate emergency have brought the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals into renewed focus\, and have called into question the wisdom of a return to ‘business as usual’. Social entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a progressive and necessary response to the inequities and too-often exploitative nature of neo-liberal capitalism (Bandinelli\, 2020)\, with its double/triple bottom line approach providing a potential synergistic ‘bridge’ between market-based activities and entrenched societal grand challenges (Little and Holt\, 2018). Within this context\, women are often portrayed as being more ‘suited’ to social entrepreneurship due to the extension of gendered stereotypes associated with women’s unpaid domestic labor and caring work into the marketplace (Garcia-Lomas and Gabaldon\, 2021). Meanwhile\, public policy on social entrepreneurship – particularly evidenced in the UK – has simultaneously sought to venerate the neoliberal masculine heroic entrepreneur narrative within social entrepreneurship (Kravets et al.\, 2020)\, while positioning it as a (neoliberal) panacea to the failings of an overly bureaucratic ‘nanny state’ (Nicholls and Teasdale\, 2017).  \n  \nThe multiple tensions\, contradictions and points of discord that exist at the nexus of social entrepreneurship policy and practice represent a potentially revelatory research opportunity\, particularly as it relates to gender and social entrepreneurship. This Roundtable will spark dialogue on the intersectional opportunities (and failings) of women’s social entrepreneurship policy (de Bruin and Teasdale\, 2019). It will also enliven discussions with perspectives on Indigenous women’s social entrepreneurship\, as well as on policy recommendations that take a ‘wider’\, non-binary gender focus. \n \nChair/Moderator \nProfessor Christine Woods\, University of Auckland Business School\, Aotearoa New Zealand \n  \nPanel Members \nProf. Josephine Barraket – Melbourne Social Equity Institute\, University of Melbourne\, Australia\nDr Kiri Dell – University of Auckland Business School\, Aotearoa New Zealand\nDr Persephone de Magdalene – University of Auckland Business School\, Aotearoa New Zealand \n  \nDiscussant \nColette Henry\, Dundalk Institute of Technology\, Ireland and Griffith University\, Australia \n  \nJoin us to engage in the discussion and to discuss positive solutions towards making entrepreneurial spaces gender-just.\n \nClick here to register: https://bit.ly/3fjg9kK  \nWatch the second session of the series\, ‘Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Through a Culture Lens’ here – https://weiforward.org/wei-global-institute-entrepreneurship-policy-roundtables-womens-entrepreneurship-policy-through-a-culture-lens-21-september-2022/ 
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SUMMARY:WEI Global Institute Entrepreneurship Policy Roundtables Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Through a Culture Lens 21 September\, 2022.
DESCRIPTION:The WEI Global Institute (WGI) collaborates with partners\, such as the Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Research Network (Global WEP)\, to engage academics\, policy makers\, private sector\, and key stakeholders. The virtual roundtables aim to identify and address issues & solutions\, share lessons\, and advocate for changes necessary to advance gender economic equity. \nOur inaugural 2022 series is co-sponsored by the WGI and the Global WEP. \nJoin us on September 21 for the second in a series of three roundtables on Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Through a Culture Lens. To join us\, register here: bit.ly/3RAiqph \n \nThe myth of under-performance\, negative attitudes towards women entrepreneurs\, lower credibility and limited access to funding for women as well as disproportionate responsibilities for unpaid care-work represent important cultural barriers for women’s entrepreneurship (Jurik\, 2020; Marlow & McAdam\, 2013; OECD\, 2021; Yousafzai\, Fayolle\, et al.\, 2018). Entrepreneurship policies and policies focused specifically on women’s entrepreneurship support are embedded in particular cultural contexts. Also \,employment policies\, family and tax policies are gendered and embedded in the cultural context limiting or enhancing women’s entrepreneurship potential (Welter\, 2011). It is important to analyze contexts in how they shape women’s entrepreneurial activities at transnational\, national and regional level\, and to recognize and dismantle culturally embedded barriers to entrepreneurship practice and to access to support policies and look for examples of how female entrepreneurs through their endeavors modify these contexts (Yousafzai\, Lindgreen\, Saeed\, Henry\, & Fayolle\, 2018). \nRecent studies highlight the importance of creating a more gender-sensitive entrepreneurship culture\, including awareness raising campaigns\, role models and developments in the education system (OECD\, 2021). Focusing on three very different cultural contexts of Iran\, India and France\, this roundtable session aims to explore the impact of gendered cultural and institutional contexts on how women entrepreneurs start and operate their businesses. It will offer recommendations for policy makers and those involved in supporting women entrepreneurs. \nChair/Moderator \nAlena Křížková\, Institute of Sociology\, Czech Academy of Sciences \nPanel Members \nRoshni Narendran\, University of Tasmania\, Australia \nVahid Makizadeh\, University of Hormozgan\, Iran \nSeverine Le Loarne\, Grenoble Ecole de Management\, France \nDiscussants \nColette Henry\, Dundalk Institute of Technology\, Ireland and Griffith University\, Australia \nJoin us to engage in the discussion and to discuss positive solutions towards making entrepreneurial spaces gender-just.
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SUMMARY:GENDER\, DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION: Why inclusivity matters.
DESCRIPTION:The WEI Global Institute (WGI) collaborates with partners\, such as the Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Research Network (Global WEP)\, to engage academics\, policy makers\, private sector\, and key stakeholders. The virtual roundtables aim to identify and address issues & solutions\, share lessons\, and advocate for changes necessary to advance gender economic equity. \nOur inaugural 2022 series is co-sponsored by the WGI and the Global WEP. \nJoin us on May 24 for the first in a series of three roundtables on GENDER\, DIVERSITY & INNOVATION: Why inclusivity Matters. To join us\, register here: https://bit.ly/WEI-Roundtables \n \nTuesday\, 24 May 2022 8:00am EDT (1:00 pm BST/2:00pm CET) \nGENDER\, DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION: WHY INCLUSIVITY MATTERS \nWomen are under-represented in processes of innovation worldwide. Part of the explanation for this is “gender blindness” which conceals the gendered nature of innovation processes (Pecis\, 2016). By focusing on innovation products\, processes and systems\, the role of the innovator has been overlooked (Alsos et al.\, 2013). Therefore\, while the positive impact of gender diversity on creativity and innovation is well-evidenced (Bouncken\, 2004; Dai et al.\, 2019; Díaz-García et al.\, 2013)\, the role of diversity in innovation processes within the lens of entrepreneurship\, i.e. how individuals mobilise resources and processes in creating value through innovation\, remains under-explored. \nCentral to a better understanding of the gendered nature of innovation processes – and hence better innovation policy – is an understanding of the intersectionality of socio-demographic categories such as age\, race\, ethnicity\, class\, ability status etc.\, which have been consistently shown to create additional barriers for under-represented groups (Carter et al.\, 2015; Marlow and Martinez Dy\, 2018; Vorley et al.\, 2020). \nThis round table session aims to highlight what is known about women innovators in different geographical contexts\, identify what gaps are still to be filled and\, as a consequence\, illuminate the areas where policymakers need to focus when improving existing policies and designing new ones. In doing so\, the session builds on the recent 27-country policy report by the OECD and the Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Research network – “Entrepreneurship policies through a gender lens” (OECD-GWEP\, May\, 2021) –  OECD iLibrary Entrepreneurship through a Gender Lens \nTo lay the foundation for the discussion\, the panelists draw on the forthcoming GWEP book\, Gender\, Diversity and Innovation: Concepts\, Policies and Practice – Edited by Beldina Owalla\, Tim Vorley and Helen Lawton Smith (Edward Elgar). \nChair/Moderator: Professor Tim Vorley\, Oxford Brookes University\, UK \nPanel Members: \n\nDr. Beldina Owalla\, Portsmouth University\, UK (keynote)\nDr. Cynthia Forson\, Lancaster University\, Ghana\nDr. Simonetta Manfredi\, Oxford Brookes University\, UK\nDr. Wendy Cukier\, Ryerson University\,  Canada\n\nJoin us to engage in the discussion and to hear answers to questions such as: \nWhat are the main policy actions that have worked or might work to promote greater inclusive innovation? Are there any general lessons for policy-makers? Given the heterogeneity of female entrepreneurs and the intersecting social categories such as age\, gender\, race\, ethnicity\, ability status\, social status\,  that influences their participation in innovation activities? How do  these issues intersect and what are the main lessons from that understanding? Are there models and frameworks that underpin understanding of the issues relating to ‘gender blindness’ that could be adopted by policy-makers to inform thinking?
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