Tag: UN Women

• 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

• Global Awards for Outstanding Work in Technology for Gender Equality

  

  The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UN Women are partnering to launch a new global technology award that recognizes outstanding contributions from women and men in leveraging the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote gender equality. The annual GEM-TECH Awards will be conferred on seven winners from government, the private sector, academia…

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  July 16, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, content, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, equality, GEM Tech, Gender, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile applications, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, technology, The AWP Network, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Coca-Cola and UN Women Create Partnership to Empower Women

  Coca-Cola South Africa and UN Women partner to economically empower women.  Coca-Cola South Africa and UN Women yesterday announced a newly launched program to promote the advancement and economic empowerment of women. This new program in South Africa is part of The Coca-Cola Company’s global 5by20 initiative, which aims to enable the economic empowerment of…

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  February 20, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, change, Coca-Cola, collaboration, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, South Africa, sustainability, UN Women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, youth unemployment

• Apply: 2014 SEED Awards

  Do you have an entrepreneurial and innovative idea that is locally-driven and has the potential to contribute significantly to sustainable development in countries with developing or transition economies? The SEED Awards for Entrepreneurs in Sustainable Development is an annual awards scheme designed to find the most promising, innovative, and locally led start-up social and environmental…

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  February 12, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, growth, idea, Innovation, Malawi, Mary Olushoga, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, progress, SEED Award, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, UN Women, women and girls, Youths

• The AWP Network at Columbia University’s 9th Annual African Economic Forum

  

  Mary Olushoga represented the African Women Power (AWP) Network by providing stories and examples on how women can continue to play an important role in Africa’s economic transformation.         View pictures here:      

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  April 22, 2012

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  Africa, AWP Network, change, Columbia University, development, Engagement, Job creation, Mary Olushoga, Speakers, Transformation, UN Women, women entrepreneurs