Tag: women’s empowerment

The second edition of the Global Report on Women in Tourism highlights how tourism can advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

Stuart Mitchell

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in collaboration with UN Women, The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), World Bank Group and Amadeus, launched the second edition of the Global Report on Women in Tourism on 6 November 2019. The Global Report on Women in Tourism 2010 provided the first look and a baseline study on the situation of women in the tourism sector. The second edition of the report considers how the situation has evolved and provides a thorough assessment of tourism’s contribution towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5…

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VSA Partners Invests in Change, Launches Women’s Empowerment Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

VSA Partners, an independently owned design and brand experience firm, continues to channel its creative efforts behind one of the most important issues of our time with the launch of its Women’s Empowerment campaign. VSA’s current effort supports the Impact Shares YWCA Women’s Empowerment ETF. This campaign aligns with VSA’s commitment to partner with brands and create campaigns centered on interactions with important social issues. In response to the cultural shift observed over the last year, the campaign will encourage investment in companies that respect and empower women. Campaign elements…

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Business and philanthropy leaders scale up initiatives for women’s empowerment

Stuart Mitchell

In a high-level event organized by UN Women in the context of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Jack Ma, Executive Chair of the Alibaba Group; and Nirvana Chaudhary, President of the Chaudhary Group and Chair of the Foundation, joined Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women for a strategic conversation on how collective action can scale-up opportunities for women and girls. Today’s dialogue among a select group of business and foundation…

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