Let her trade Let her trade
Doing business beyond their borders can be empowering for women entrepreneurs, but they need much more access to knowledge and skills.
published : 22 Feb 2021 at 12:30
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Everybody in the world has felt the effects of the pandemic in one way or another. In the world of business, Covid-19 has forced countless entrepreneurs to the sidelines, wreaking havoc on international trade and pushing millions into a sea of uncertainty.
When economic aspects are taken into account alongside cross-cutting issues such as gender, women entrepreneurs in particular have been disproportionately affected.
The pandemic and subsequent control measures such as lockdowns had a strong effect on 64% of businesses owned by women, compared with 52% of those owned by men, according to a survey by the International Trade Center.
Integrate women into int’l trade, biz and policy making: Experts
By IANS| Published: 5th February 2021 6:12 pm IST
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala, Feb 5 : Integration of women in international trade and business and to ensure gender equality while crafting trade policies would further boost trade and business and accelerate the growth of women entrepreneurs, feel experts and industry body officials.
While participating in a virtual discussion on “Mainstreaming Shepreneurs in International Trade”, the experts and various industry body officials emphasised that bridging the digital divide from a gender lens is important for the growth of women entrepreneurs along with trade and jobs.
January 19, 2021
By our Country Representatives in Asia
If the year just passed had a lesson, it must be the futility of predictions. What seasoned prognosticator in 2019 foresaw a viral pandemic that would derail the lives and prosperity of millions of people around the world in 2020? What seer saw in their crystal ball the dramatic and violent chaos that would unfold while members of the U.S. Congress met on Capitol Hill to certify the election of Joe Biden as the next president? The world expressed shock and dismay. These events were as unforeseen as they were momentous.
Yet, to set goals, to devise strategies to live our lives we must look ahead, and after a year of events that changed development trajectories throughout Asia, it’s again time for our country representatives to take stock of the future that fortune has handed us and offer their predictions of the stories that will dominate the news from the Asia-Pacific in the coming year. Here, in a spirit of humility and ca
Event: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, San Francisco
Co-hosted in partnership with the Asian Art Museum in celebration of the Margaret F. Williams Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art. A conversation with Indian artist Jas Charanjiva about her work “Don’t Mess with Me,” currently on view at the Asian Art Museum. A panel discussed sexual violence against women in South Asia and how artists and organizations like The Asia Foundation are working to address and combat the abuses.
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