Women Empowerment

KEEN Grants $10K to Oregon Tradeswomen for child care and other services

KEEN Grants $10K to Oregon Tradeswomen for child care and other services

Leave a Comment / Brand, Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, Efforts, Women Empowerment / By / June 16, 2022

Funds will be used to provide child care and other services to women pursuing work in the trades. Portland-based footwear maker KEEN Utility has made an investment of $10,000 to Oregon Tradeswomen, a nonprofit that provides training and advocacy for women in the building trades, as part of an ongoing partnership. Oregon Tradeswomen Inc, a nonprofit …

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Two Alberta CEOs win thousands in investment at national pitch competition

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Education, Efforts, Gender Inequality, purpose, Women Empowerment, Youth / By / June 13, 2022

Two Alberta CEOs have won thousands of dollars in investment through a national competition for women and gender-diverse entrepreneurs. Shelvie Fernan from Edmonton and Lourdes Juan from Calgary are two of the winners of the 2022 HerStory pitch competition run by Alberta Innovates and The51, an organization that invests in startups and companies led by women and gender-diverse …

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Meet the women leading Imperial’s most exciting new startups

Meet the women leading Imperial’s most exciting new startups

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Education, Efforts, Environment, Innovation, purpose, Women Empowerment / By / June 10, 2022

From wastewater disease surveillance to insect-based food, Imperial women are at the forefront of cutting-edge businesses. Five new startups founded by women students are due to go head-to-head in the final stage of the College’s WE Innovate Programme.  The WE Innovate programme, run by Imperial’s Enterprise Lab, is the College’s flagship entrepreneurship education programme designed to support …

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Changemakers: Editorial on the need to develop livelihood condition of ASHA workers

Changemakers: Editorial on the need to develop livelihood condition of ASHA workers

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Efforts, purpose, Women Empowerment / By / June 3, 2022

They also lack basic amenities, such as maternity leave, social security, gloves, masks and restrooms in locations where they form the only link to access to healthcare Credit often does not trickle down to the agents of change. The World Health Organization bestowing the Global Health Leaders Award-2022 on India’s Accredited Social Health Activists is, …

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Alum Carey Harris

Alum Carey Harris wins Woman of Influence Award

1 Comment / ChangeMaker, Education, Efforts, purpose, Women Empowerment / By / June 1, 2022

On May 25, GSPIA alum Carey Harris (MPIA ’95) was honored with a 2022 Women of Influence Award by the Pittsburgh Business Times for her work as the CEO of Literacy Pittsburgh, which offers free educational programs for adults and families in Allegheny County and Beaver County. Each year, Harris helps nearly 5,000 people per year improve their …

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