… Over the last nine years, the proportion of women on the boards of the largest listed companies across … later proposed a Directive with a target to reach 40 % women on boards. Despite the fact that no agreement was … € 50 million. Women account for at least a third of board members in Sweden, Italy, Finland, Belgium and Germany. In …
… salaried employment. Against this backdrop, interest in women’s entrepreneurship has grown among scholars and policymakers. While the rationale for women’s entrepreneurship has traditionally focused on enhancing women’s equality, empowerment and social inclusion, its …
… for Action in the EU. The report reviewed area F, ‘Women in the Economy’, and proposed new indicators for strategic objective F1, concerned with women’s economic rights and independence, which were endorsed … by the Council in June 2014. View statistics on area F, Women and the Economy …
… association that started making small loans to women entrepreneurs in Berlin area in 1982. Its objective is to help business women in Berlin to set up and invest in their own businesses … entirely from the contributions and donations of its members. More recently it has started a partnership with GLS …
… Pionnières is a network of business incubators which helps women entrepreneurs to establish themselves in innovative … a gender perspective on business was in its infancy, and women were not expected to be active in business outside the … for women, thus contributing to economic growth. Its members provide group training, individual coaching and …
… in 2006 in Berlin in order to strengthen networking among women who want to set up their own businesses, women entrepreneurs and business experts. … in 1989 by 17 university graduates and now has 1,750 members. It operates a 7,100 square metre business centre …
… In brief The Cyprus Women's Cooperative Bank Ltd. (WCB), one of the first co-operative banks created by women in the world, started its activities in January 2001 in … women’s entrepreneurial activities. The 350 women founding members put up 400 Cyprus pounds (€680) each, and raised an …
… In brief The Entrepreneurship of Unemployed Women Aged 22-64 programme was an ESF-supported subsidy … of Labour and Social Insurance. It aimed to promote women’s self-employment, entrepreneurship and business … the economic and financial crisis (which has exacerbated women’s unemployment). The programme offered a grant of …
… demonstrates their effect on the economic independence of women and men, as well as on gender equality more broadly. On … a set of indicators and sub-indicators in the area of women and the economy that were endorsed by the Council in … Council of the European Union. View statistics on area F, Women and the Economy …