One can define the term women empowerment in many ways, using many examples. Educating women, providing them with necessary resources, helping them set up their own businesses, teaching them self-defence – all this and more empowers women. In the process, it challenges inequalities in society and contributes to the sustainable development of a nation.
The best way to empower, perhaps, is when a woman works to look after their own. Such is the story of Begum.co, founded by Rakhshanda Rukham, which provides a 360-degree support system for women in their careers, lifestyles, health, safety, etc. When I was in university, there were no platforms connecting women with similar interests, or women-centric platform and local language content for women. I realised that women of our country need assistance through life stages to support their careers. This is why I founded Begum.co in 2015, says Rukham. From a need for women mentors who could lead and inspire young girls from rural a
Top 10 Finalists of 2020 Impact Collective Announced
Seoul - Dec 14th, 2020 - On 7-8 December 2020, Impact Collective (IC), the world’s first community-driven investment and acceleration program, held a virtual Demo Day where 20 impact-driven startups pitched their ventures in front of an audience of industry and innovation experts, impact specialists and responsible consumers.
The presentations were also viewed by over 200 judges, who voted for the teams that they believed had the biggest chance of driving impact in the Asia Pacific region. Based on vote results, the Impact Collective Committee (consisting of TheVentures partners and UNDP, UN ESCAP and WFUNA representatives) have chosen 10 startups that will be eligible to receive direct investments of up to US$ 500k.
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Seoul – Dec 14th, 2020 – On 7-8 December 2020, Impact Collective (IC), the world’s first community-driven investment and acceleration program, held a virtual Demo Day where 20 impact-driven startups pitched their ventures in front of an audience of industry and innovation experts, impact specialists and responsible consumers.
The presentations were also viewed by over 200 judges, who voted for the teams that they believed had the biggest chance of driving impact in the Asia Pacific region. Based on vote results, the Impact Collective Committee (consisting of TheVentures partners and UNDP, UN ESCAP and WFUNA representatives) have chosen 10 startups that will be eligible to receive direct investments of up to US$ 500k.
National dialogue to improve entrepreneurship ecosystem held
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Youth Co. Lab titled ‘Accelerator Bangladesh 3.0: National Dialogue on
Bangladesh startup ecosystem into the next decade’ was held in the
capital today.
in association with Startup Bangladesh Limited and LightCastle
Partners. Youth Co. Lab is created by United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in association with Citi Foundation as a platform to
empower and invest for young entrepreneurs and innovators to achieve
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
specialist from UNDP Bankok Regional Hub and Bijon Islam, CEO of
LightCastle Partners gave the keynote presentation jointly to showcase
the present status of the startup ecosystem in Bangladesh.