abplive.com President Kovind said that women empowerment is one top priority of his government. While talking about education and job for women he said that boys and girls should be…
Meta partners with FICCI to support 5 lakh women-led SMBs in India
thehindu.com The announcement was made during Meta’s inaugural National Women Entrepreneurship Summit to encourage industry dialogue and steps to support the micro, small and medium enterprises across sectors. With this…
FAO, Japan Seek to Empower Women in Agriculture
african.business The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) and the Japanese Government Mission to the African Union officially launched a subregional…
Campaign to Promote Digital Empowerment Among Women Entrepreneurs
timesofindia.indiatimes.com ‘World Wide Women – A Campaign on Women’s Digital Leadership’ by the High Commission of Canada and Digital Empowerment Foundation. Abhishek Singh, CEO, MyGov India, Osama Manzar, Founder and Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation,…
Women of Innovation (I-WIN) Program to Help Women-led Startups Scale
yourstory.com I-Venture @ ISB through its incubator ISB DLabs has launched its Women of Innovation (I-WIN) Program to provide support to women-founded or co-founded startups by hand-holding entrepreneurs and mentoring…
USAID to Empower Rural Women Through Co-Financing Private Enterprises
uz.usembassy.gov U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Agribusiness Development activity established a “Gender Development Fund” and announced a request for concept papers to co-invest with craft enterprises and individual craftswomen.…
Women comprise 28% of Unicorn Founders: Orios Venture Partner Report
vccircle.com In 2021, India witnessed the creation of 46 unicorns, or startups valued at $1 billion or more. Of these, 13 unicorns were founded by female entrepreneurs. Moreover, of the…
Stand-Up India scheme: Nearly 30% jump in loans sanctioned to women, SC/ST MSMEs in 2021
financialexpress.com Credit and Finance for MSMEs: The Stand-Up India scheme enables bank credit from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore to at least one SC/ST borrower and at least one…
UMEED Initiative For Financial Independence, Empowerment Of Rural Women
indiaeducationdiary.in A centrally sponsored scheme “UMEED” implemented under JK Rural Livelihood Mission has the potential to give wings to the aspirations of rural women who dream of becoming economically independent.…
Women entrepreneurship programme under NRLM extended to more blocks in Ernakulam
thehindu.com A Union government project funded by the Centre and State in the ratio of 60:40, a similar programme fully funded by the State government is being implemented in North…