Category: WEI Institute

International Conference Focuses on Women’s Economic Empowerment

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges for Equity, Inclusive Growth, and Sustainability were discussed during the first international Conference held in November in Scotland and presented by the Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI) in partnership with Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES). The conference focussed on engaging participants in active dialog and catalysing concrete actions to help advance the global agenda

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January 24, 2020

SheLeadsIT with CGI Disaster Action Network

SheLeadsIT Caribbean Girls Hack, represented by Nicole Pitter Patterson (WEI Trade) participated as a panelist at the CGI Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery held June 3-4 in St. Thomas, U.S Virgin Islands.  In 2018, the Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on Post-Disaster building on CGI’s proven Commitment to

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July 2, 2019

Ontario Inclusive Innovation (i2) Action Strategy

On June 13, 2019, the University of Ottawa Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership, in collaboration with Ryerson University Diversity Institute, launched the report Strengthening Ecosystem Supports for Women Entrepreneurs and related i2 video. The Canadian gender-based diversity assessment of small business and innovation organizations offers new insights and strategies to support diverse women entrepreneurs.The

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July 2, 2019

Caribbean Girls Hack Empowering Girls in ICT

SheLeadsIT, led by Nicole Pitter Patterson (WEI Trade) and Bridget Lewis, a member of the WEI network executed Caribbean Girls Hack 2019 Hackathon, an innovative initiative to bridge the digital skills gender divide; delivering on our commitments at WEI Forward 2017 Forum at Wilton Park UK. Caribbean Girls Hack is supported by

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July 2, 2019

WEI at the Pan-African Women in Health Conference, Johannesburg

  More than 100 women from within the continent of Africa and across the diaspora participated in the second Pan African Women in Health (PAWH) Conference, held this March in Johannesburg, South Africa. Following its successful inaugural conference in 2018, the second PAWH’s Conference, themed “Balance for Better,” aimed to

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July 1, 2019

Why we’re not celebrating International Women’s Day

Over the last few weeks, we have been receiving countless invitations to special events and celebrations to mark International Women’s Day – so many that it is impossible to even attempt to attend them all. While the effort involved is laudable, especially since such activities raise general awareness, we do

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March 15, 2019

Rencontre avec Moise Ntigirinzigo, fondateur de l’ONG IPSDI au Burundi

Au Burundi, l’un des pays les plus pauvres du monde où très peu de filles ont accès à l’enseignement secondaire et où l’insécurité alimentaire reste une menace pour les populations locales, l’ONG IPSDI, a créé dans la province de Bubanza, Commune Rugazi une école/Lycée pionnière interprovinciales réunissant 4 provinces Bubanza, Cibitoke,

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December 17, 2018