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This book provides a current and comprehensive analysis of the context in which Pacific women engage in the private sector, as well as a detailed list of strategies to increase their participation in business. Drawing on research and data from seven Pacific countries, it offers a diversity of innovative and pragmatic ways to empower women and enhance their economic opportunities. Jointly undertaken by the Asian Development Bank's Pacific Private Sector...
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Heels to Deals: How Women are Dominating in Business-to-Business Sales documents how dozens of diverse women around the globe shattered the glass ceiling to become leaders in the field of professional sales-proving all the naysayers wrong. Their stories are reminders for young women that they can not only work in sales but also be front-runners. These women took a chance on themselves, and in this Heels to Deals anthology, they motivate young women...
3) Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative: A Decade of Reform: Annual Progress Report 2015-2016
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The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) has been working to improve the lives of Pacific people for 10 years. Through reforms that encourage a well-functioning and vibrant private sector, PSDI's initiatives aim to make it easier to set up, run, and dissolve a business in the Pacific region. PSDI encourages the development of a thriving formal sector. Women in particular benefit from operating a business in the formal sector, which...
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"A family that prays together stays together." That's what they say, but what about a family that writes together? Well, that writing family WINS together.
In 2015, award-winning author and playwright Charron Monaye accepted a challenge presented and birthed her greatest legacy, Pen Legacy Publishing. She relied on everything she knew about the literary industry and passed the torch, coaching and publishing new authors within various genres. In 2020,...
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Despite some progress, women's share in senior management is still poor. Closing the gender gap in leadership leads to better business and financial outcomes. ADB's Trade Finance Program-which guaranteed or funded 3,500 transactions in 2017 valued at $4.5 billion-conducted a gender audit among several of its partner banks. The objective of this study was to develop specific, practical and implementable recommendations to attract, retain, and promote...
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Comment se vit le travail professionnel de femmes cubaines et canadiennes ?
Quels sont leurs défis et leurs obstacles ?
Femmes en situations professionnelles : expériences cubaines et canadiennes (Mujeres en situaciones profesionales : experiencias cubanas y canadienses) propose des textes qui mettent à l'honneur la grande diversité d'expériences professionnelles vécues par des femmes aux parcours différents et aux origines diversifiées qui...
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This publication provides insights on how trade can be leveraged for greater economic empowerment of women in the Pacific. It includes an analysis of how gender mainstreaming in Aid for Trade interventions could catalyze greater donor support to help the region benefit from truly inclusive trade-driven growth. In the Pacific, the labor force participation gap between men and women has narrowed, but women there are still less likely to be in work than...
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Inclusive businesses are commercially viable business models that provide in-scale innovative and systemic solutions to problems relevant to the lives of low-income people. Inclusive business companies often involve women in their value chain and provide specific services that help low-income women. This report assesses the extent to which inclusive business models promote women's economic empowerment. Examples come from the inclusive business portfolios...
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How to lean in at work.
Women regularly face unfair challenges in the workplace--from being passed over for promotion to being ignored in conversation. Unconscious bias and negative assumptions are working against them. As a woman, how can you break through these barriers and get what you want from your career?
The HBR Guide for Women at Work will help you identify and overcome the factors that are holding you back. It provides practical tips and...
10) Think Pink
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Experience the Power of Sisterhood stories written by Us and For Us
Celebrate the Power of Sisterhood with real-life short stories, poetry, and business advice from ten extraordinary women who share their incredible journeys to entrepreneurship and becoming successful. Discover how they overcame fear, divorce, rape, racism, betrayal, and serving in a militarized war zone, fighting for their lives. From trials, tragedies, and obstacles, they...
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This case study examines the gender aspects of the Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The program has contributed to economic growth, and provides evidence of the capacity of gender-responsive tourism development to promote community participation in tourism and enhance the status of women. This report looks at results in three areas: human capital and economic empowerment, the creation of spaces...
12) Back Yourself
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Is there a voice inside you that knows that there is so much more for you and that you have incredible potential just waiting to be realized?
Then it's time to learn how to back yourself. Believing in yourself is an incredible force of power that starts with you. Whether you want to change the world, invent an incredible product, take on the big brands, inspire people, take your business global, start a movement or dream bigger in any way it's time...
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Upward is a book every businesswoman, who dreams of holding a leadership position should read because it will answer questions such as...
• Do you wonder how to overcome challenges in the workplace that hold you back from your leadership goals?
• Do you wish you could ask current women in leadership how they did it?
The compilers of Upward, Simone E. Morris, and Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins, have done the footwork for you and have gotten the answers....
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Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries face several common challenges in improving the quality of lives of women, and the coronavirus disease pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities. The CAREC Gender Strategy 2030 complements national plans for gender mainstreaming. It provides a regional approach for pursuing gender equality, women's empowerment, harnessed potential, and strengthened capacity for equal access of women...
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PEARLS is a collection of advice and guidance for women who want to excel in various areas of their life, career, and business.
In this engaging combination of intimate stories, thought-provoking guidance, strategic advice, and practical tips, 11 emerging leaders share pearls of wisdom.
By the end of PEARLS, you'll walk away with a collection of invisible pearl necklaces that will make you feel empowered. You will have a renewed sense of direction...
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This publication aims to provide trainers, practitioners, and policy makers of environment and gender mainstreaming agencies an understanding of key concepts and approaches to gender-responsive mitigation measures, strategies, and policies. It covers key concepts on gender and climate change and concludes with step-by-step guidelines for policy and decision makers to mainstream gender into climate policies and projects, with practical tools and exercises...
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This publication provides a diagnostic framework to analyze the level of gender equality in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries. It also serves as a basis for developing the CAREC Gender Strategy 2030 and assessing the CAREC Program's performance in mainstreaming gender in its operations. The analysis includes a comparison of key gender global indicators as well as cross- cutting gender and human development issues, particularly...
18) In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs
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Over 100 exceptional and influential women describe how they embraced their creative spirit, overcame adversity, and sparked a global movement of entrepreneurship. Media titans and ceramicists, hoteliers and tattoo artists, comedians and architects-taken together, these profiles paint a beautiful picture of what happens when we pursue our passions and dreams. The widely anticipated second book from Grace Bonney, bestselling author of Design*Sponge...
19) Wisdom of Wealth
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Step into a world where the power of the mind meets the pursuit of prosperity. In "Wisdom of Wealth," a captivating anthology, entrepreneurs and visionaries from around the globe share their insights on the intricate dance between money mindset and manifestation. Each chapter unveils unique perspectives, practical strategies, and transformative stories that illuminate the path to financial abundance. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just...
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What really happens when wild women get together?
In June 2021, in the aftermath of a global pandemic, a group of magical women gathered on retreat in Glastonbury. Basking in warm sunshine, drinking red wine and enjoying the delights of a particular 'smelly box', there were belly laughs aplenty.
But the process of coming together wasn't all rainbows and unicorns. Fears, doubts and old stories bubbled to the surface for everyone, both before and...
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