WIPP International

11/09/2015

Justin Trudeau stocked his Cabinet with 50% women. History suggests the country will benefit http://ti.me/1RDu3qA via

Perhaps more leaders should take Justin Trudeau's example.

10/05/2015

Want Global Economic Growth? Hire a Woman! Great piece by our President Jennifer Bisceglie http://bit.ly/1OTpWs8

By Jennifer Bisceglie, WIPP Board Member & WIPP International President According to the World Bank, the past four years have seen tepid economic growth, with global GDP growing at under 3% ann...

09/23/2015

Catch WIPP International President Jennifer Bisceglie on Federal News Radio today at 1 pm!

09/09/2015

What is the Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard and Why Should You Pay Attention To It?

"The Scorecard is a data-driven diagnostic tool that identifies the impediments to high-impact female entrepreneurship and introduces actionable steps that can be taken to improve the conditions for high-impact female entrepreneurship development at the country level. The Scorecard incorporates both a ranking with a rating system and provides actionable steps for governments, corporations, the media, entrepreneur leaders and individuals to help expand the pool of high-impact female entrepreneurs. In addition, it highlights global best practices such as policies, programs and breakthrough initiatives that jumpstart the growth of high-impact female entrepreneurs. The scorecard research is conducted under the direction and leadership of Dr. Ruta Aidis, a fellow of George Mason University in Washington, DC. The 2015 study was audited by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)."

Read the full report here http://dell.to/1Ust95E

Dell announced the findings of the Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard at its sixth-annual Dell Women’s Summit, revealing gender-based differences stifle the growth of women-owned businesses across all 31 countries measured.

09/06/2015

ITC's Arancha Gonzalez: "What can we do to lift the long term growth of the G20 Economies? Invest in Women's Economic Empowerment and through that you will lift the potential of G20 Economies."

09/06/2015

Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde: "Women in the economy is a no brainer: it boosts growth, raises the GDP in all countries, reduces inequality, and reduces poverty. We must trust but verify that we're actually make the difference we're talking about. 90% of the world's major economies have at least one piece of legislation that includes some form of gender discrimination. If we removed just this, we would see immeasurable growth."

09/06/2015

At the , Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu explains why the G20 is committed to the global participation of women in the economy: "In the G20 countries, there is 56% women participation in the workforce vs 86% men participation. The G20 is committed to closing the gap by 25% by 2025 which would add 100 million women to the global workplace. Each 1% increase adds $80B to the global GDP."

09/05/2015

Geoffrey Lamb - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation knows in effort to achieve success, we must be deliberate in our gender focused programs. Top priority is using technology for access to finances to combat healthcare issues.

09/05/2015

Canan Ozsoy - women's rightful place in the community and workplace should be changed from a nice to have to a mandate. No more goals and targets - make it a law. The goals are small and sad. Laws will make it happen faster.

09/05/2015

"It is imperative that we in the W20 use our collective voice to advance policies that will foster the increased participation of women in the labor market, and develop new women-owned businesses." - WIPP International President Jennifer Bisceglie

Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 05, 2015 -- WIPP International announced today that President Jennifer Bisceglie will be participating in the Women-20 (W20), a new engagement group established by the G20 to focus on promoting gender-inclusive economic growth. The mandate for the W20 helps realize p…

09/04/2015

Madi Sharma - 87% of purchasing power comes from women. Stop buying from companies with Boards that do not include women. Or we will never see the equality we're looking for.

09/04/2015

GÜLDEN Turktan "Women strengthen the resiliency and lifting protection of the economy"