Category: Women
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Women’s Limitations in the Workplace
The World Bank has released its report Women, Business and the Law 2016: Getting to Equal, addressing gender equality and the barriers obstructing women in hundreds of countries throughout the world. The report examines 173 economies and collects data across seven categories: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit,…
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Unit for Female Entrepreneurs at National Bank of Fujairah
The National Bank of Fujairah (NBF), a United Arab Emirates bank incorporated in 1982, has developed a specialized unit for female entrepreneurs. NBF Elham will be operated by female Emirati corporate bankers, and will offer corporate banking services and solutions tailored to Emirati businesswomen. The unit will begin working out of NBF’s Al Quoz branch.…
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WIPP International President Participating in the Women-20
Women Impacting Public Policy International (WIPP International) has announced that President Jennifer Bisceglie will participate in the Women-20 (W20), a recently-formed engagement group dedicated to advocating gender equality and inclusiveness.
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A Win for Women-Owned Small Businesses
The Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program allows Federal contracting officers to limit competition for Federal contracts to qualified Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSBs), in select industries.
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Reasons to Invest in Women Entrepreneurs
The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), a non-partisan federal advisory council that advises the President, Congress and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues concerning women business owners, recently released their Reasons to Invest in Women Entrepreneurs fact sheet:
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Happy Women’s Equality Day!
Here at NAWRB, we would like to wish our members and community a happy Women’s Equality Day. This is a day that celebrates the 95th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote in the United States.
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NWBC to Address Venture Capital Gender Gap
The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC)—a non-partisan federal advisory council that advises the President, Congress and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues regarding women business owners—will host a panel discussion addressing the gender gap in venture capital on September 11, 2015 at 2PM EST.
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2015 NAWRB Conference Starts in Three Days!
The 2015 NAWRB Conference is an event you cannot miss if you are a Woman in Housing. Diversity and inclusion (D&I) and TRID are the hottest movements in housing—with government, government-sponsored agencies and private sector companies looking to conduct business with women—and you need to be aware of their effects and latest developments.
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White House Hosts Meeting to Promote Success for Women in Business
Yesterday, the Council on Women and Girls and the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) held a White House gathering focused on promoting opportunities for women in the business community and business schools.
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Safety First for Real Estate Agents
Beverly Carter was showing a new client a vacant property on September 25, 2014 just as she would any other day for her job as a real estate agent in Little Rock, Arkansas. However, that day was different. Carter went missing.