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The Strength and Conviction of Working Women in Colombia
Written by Amaya Querejazu
Some decades ago Esperanza was married secretly. She and Francisco got together one Thursday at 8 in the morning at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín, with two friends who acted as witness. Afterwards each went their separate way to work and that was it; no fancy party, no public ceremony. […]
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Bhutanese Women: Empowering and leading the way forward
Written by karma pem wangdi
Bhutanese women have always enjoyed a privileged gender status unlike their counterparts in neighboring countries. Many of them are trailblazers in their work on issues of domestic violence, good governance and the environment and are truly an inspiration for the future generation. Leading the way is the Queen Mother of […]
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Quality, Sustainability and Resilience – A Must for African Women in Business
Written by Ruth Aine Tindyebwa
According to the Millennium Declaration of September 2000, governments committed to promoting gender equity and women empowerment to combat poverty, hunger and diseases. They also committed to stimulate sustainable development. Up to today here has not been efficient political will especially in Africa and sustained commitment to meeting the needs […]
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The untold story: the disenchantment of women in the Arab World
Written by Abdalhadi Alijla
Look at the timeline of events in the Arab Spring and you will see that women have played a huge role in its development. Yet the contribution women make to the economy in the Arab world cannot be examined outside the framework of the political and social context. Many reports […]
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“The Questions we are not asking and the Risks we are not seeing”
Written by Ole Wintermann
Last week my colleague Jan Arpe and I had the opportunity to take part in a workshop organized with support from our side by our partner, the Swedish Tällberg-Foundation. Held in Lausanne, the workshop brought together people from NGOs, research institutes and private enterprise to discuss the intriguing issue of […]
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Surviving a Debt Crisis
Written by Samuel George
Lessons for Europe from Latin America As I prepared to write what has become the paper Surviving a Debt Crisis: Five Lessons for Europe from Latin America, my first question was whether any of it was applicable at all. Latin America is very different from Europe, and the 1980s are […]
