Tag: gender equality

• Apply: NGO CSW64 Women of Distinction Awards

  

  Every year NGO CSW/NY presents the Woman of Distinction Award to a woman in recognition of her leadership in the struggle for gender equality, human rights and women’s empowerment. In 2020 as we commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing +25, we have decided to honor five (5) women, one from…

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  November 10, 2019

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  Africa, Asia-Pacific, award, AWP, AWP Network, CSW64, gender equality, honoree, human rights, Latin America Caribbean, Mary Olushoga, social change, Western Europe, Woman of Distinction Award, women empowerment

• Apply to host an NGO CSW64 Parallel Event

  

  Any global NGO can apply to host an NGO CSW64 Parallel Event as long as their proposed event is relevant to the CSW64 theme. Your organization does not have to be ECOSOC accredited. Your application will be reviewed to determine the relationship of your proposed parallel event to the CSW64 theme and its relevance to…

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  November 10, 2019

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  CWW64, ECOSOC, gender equality, NGO, poverty, poverty eradication, shared prosperity

• Apply: $250,000 Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge

  

  Mozilla just announced the launch of its global Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, a competition which invites contributions on ways to provide unfettered access to the open Internet for anyone across the globe. As part of its initiative, Mozilla is asking entrepreneurs, designers, researchers and innovators to propose creative and scalable ideas for connecting more people…

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  October 18, 2016

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• Apply: 2016 Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Award

  

  Nominations are now open for the prestigious 2016 WEPs CEO Leadership Awards, which recognizes business leaders for their exceptional championship of gender equality and support for the Women’s Empowerment Principles. The awards salute concrete and innovative actions taken to advance the 7 Principles and particularly Principle 1: Leadership Promotes Gender Equality. Award recipients will have the opportunity…

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  August 21, 2015

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• Procurement Opportunity – Do Business With UN Women

  

  UN Women has a mandate to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. At this time, the organization requires a range of customizable promotional products with the official logo that will be used as visibility items in supporting the advocacy and campaigning efforts of UN Women. Eligible vendors may submit documentation as requested in response to this Expression…

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  August 5, 2015

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• Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology Wins GEM Tech Award

  

  Honorable Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s 1st Minister of Communication Technology and founding chairperson of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ), a non-governmental organization seeking to improve the success rate of female entrepreneurs as well as increase the proportion of women in senior positions in corporate organizations just won the GEM Tech Award. The GEM-TECH Awards is organized…

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  October 28, 2014

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• Apply: WEPs CEO Leadership Award 2015

  

  The Leadership Award of the Women’s Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business (WEPs) is a partnership initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact, which seeks to recognize business leaders for their exceptional championship of gender equality and support for the 7 Principles. Nominations are now open for the prestigious 2015 WEPs CEO Leadership…

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  October 1, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gender equality, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, Leadership awards, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women’s Empowerment Principles, Young Entrepreneurs