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WEI FORWARD 26 October, 2018 Health of Women and Girls, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Institute, Youth and Education

Youth Impact: Unleashing the Power of Youth to Deliver on Global Goals

On October 11th, 2018, Ali Matalon and I attended a conference at Georgetown University, hosted by the International Youth Foundation and Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact. The conference […]

WEI FORWARD 28 June, 2018 Advocacy, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Institute, Youth and Education

What can be done to economically empower women in Africa?

NOTE: This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum. Women have long suffered stigmatization and marginalization globally. The number of women who still face challenges in reaching their […]

WEI FORWARD 11 May, 2018 Access to Finance, Advocacy, Communities and Sustainable Development, WEI Institute

Women & Financial Inclusion in Latin America

Women & Financial Inclusion in Latin America: Are We Making Progress? “Financial inclusion” refers to the accessibility and usage of a wide array of financial services, ranging from account ownership […]

WEI FORWARD 3 April, 2018 Access to Finance, Advocacy, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Institute

62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women: a call to the international community to empower rural women & girls

According to the World Bank, approximately 46% of the world’s population lives in rural areas.[1] In some African, Asian and Latin American countries, rural areas comprise the vast majority of […]

WEI FORWARD 12 February, 2018 Access to Finance, Advocacy, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Institute

Taking Forward the Women’s Economic Empowerment Agenda

On 29 November 2017, the Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI) launched its collaboration with Wilton Park and AllAfrica as part of the Women’s Entrepreneurship activities in the United Kingdom […]

WEI FORWARD 30 January, 2018 Advocacy, Transformational Entrepreneurship, WEI Institute

Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI)

#Time4Action On September 22, 2016, during the launch of the first Report of the United Nation’s Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Christine Lagarde – Managing Director of the […]

Focused on driving transformational initiatives to support concrete and sustainable progress for women as economic actors.

Youth Impact: Unleashing the Power of Youth to Deliver on Global Goals

What can be done to economically empower women in Africa?

Women & Financial Inclusion in Latin America

62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women: a call to the international community to empower rural women & girls

Taking Forward the Women’s Economic Empowerment Agenda

Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI)

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