The director of Value for Women sums up the findings of her organization’s research on what women in emerging markets need in order to launch more successful businesses. By Rebecca Fries (Director, Value for Women) Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi, Kenya told me...
In Hewlett’s new book, Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets: Why Women are the Solution, she says the reason is that opportunities arise in periods of rapid economic transitions. By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt (Editor, Women 2.0) Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In has...
Today’s Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2013 is being livestreamed here today and video will be available post-event. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) This year’s Women 2.0 conference theme is the BILLIONS – billions...
If companies want to leverage on the talent, education, and ambition of BRIC women then, Hewlett says, they must create “policies and practices [that will allow them] to flourish” and “ensure that…. [these women] get the skills and support they need today.” By Nicel...
In the call for participation during this exponential growth of opportunity, the answer is simple – women have become the backbone of talent in the rising opportunity of emerging markets. By Katrina Salas-Padilla (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) As the U.S....