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Hybrid's Zambro Chickens Boost Food Security in Rural Zambia
Hybrid poultry company, in partnership with the World Poultry Foundation, introduced its fast-growing Zambro chicken breed to approximately 200 farmers in Kambwamba, Zambia, resulting in over 20 immediate sales and highlighting the need for sustainable agricultural solutions amidst reduced internati...
Hybrid's Zambro Chickens Boost Food Security in Rural Zambia
Hybrid poultry company, in partnership with the World Poultry Foundation, introduced its fast-growing Zambro chicken breed to approximately 200 farmers in Kambwamba, Zambia, resulting in over 20 immediate sales and highlighting the need for sustainable agricultural solutions amidst reduced internati...
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44% Bias Score
Community Shop Combats Food Poverty with Innovative Social Supermarket Model
Community Shop, a social supermarket in Norwood, UK, combats food poverty by offering groceries at a third of the normal price, alongside cooking classes and community engagement, with plans to expand to four more London boroughs.
Community Shop Combats Food Poverty with Innovative Social Supermarket Model
Community Shop, a social supermarket in Norwood, UK, combats food poverty by offering groceries at a third of the normal price, alongside cooking classes and community engagement, with plans to expand to four more London boroughs.
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60% Bias Score
Beijing+30: Progress and Persistent Challenges in Gender Equality
The 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the upcoming CSW69 session in March 2024 highlight progress in women's rights while emphasizing the need for redoubled efforts to address persistent gender inequalities, particularly in economic empowerment and violence agai...
Beijing+30: Progress and Persistent Challenges in Gender Equality
The 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the upcoming CSW69 session in March 2024 highlight progress in women's rights while emphasizing the need for redoubled efforts to address persistent gender inequalities, particularly in economic empowerment and violence agai...
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36% Bias Score
Women-Owned Businesses: A \$1 Million Revenue Gap
Only 1.9 percent of women-owned businesses earn over \$1 million annually, highlighting systemic financial barriers including limited access to capital (less than 3 percent of venture capital funding) and societal conditioning that discourages risk-taking and ambitious financial goals. This limits j...
Women-Owned Businesses: A \$1 Million Revenue Gap
Only 1.9 percent of women-owned businesses earn over \$1 million annually, highlighting systemic financial barriers including limited access to capital (less than 3 percent of venture capital funding) and societal conditioning that discourages risk-taking and ambitious financial goals. This limits j...
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68% Bias Score
AI Empowers Black Entrepreneurs: Countering the Racial Wealth Gap
Yaminah Childress, founder of YANY Beauty & Contractr AI, is using AI to empower Black entrepreneurs through workshops and her platform, Contractr AI, aiming to build generational wealth and counteract the potential for AI to widen the racial wealth gap, as highlighted in a McKinsey report.
AI Empowers Black Entrepreneurs: Countering the Racial Wealth Gap
Yaminah Childress, founder of YANY Beauty & Contractr AI, is using AI to empower Black entrepreneurs through workshops and her platform, Contractr AI, aiming to build generational wealth and counteract the potential for AI to widen the racial wealth gap, as highlighted in a McKinsey report.
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40% Bias Score
Sharp Decline in Female Government CEOs Following Israeli Election
The change in Israeli government from a progressive to an ultra-conservative one led to a drastic decrease in the number of female CEOs in government ministries, from 13 to 1, highlighting the critical role of governmental agendas in promoting gender equality.
Sharp Decline in Female Government CEOs Following Israeli Election
The change in Israeli government from a progressive to an ultra-conservative one led to a drastic decrease in the number of female CEOs in government ministries, from 13 to 1, highlighting the critical role of governmental agendas in promoting gender equality.
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40% Bias Score
Indian Textile Exhibitions Highlight Diverse Traditions
A Delhi exhibition, "Gamchha: From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary," displayed over 250 gamchhas from 14 Indian states, showcasing regional variations and promoting a more inclusive understanding of Indian textiles; this is part of a larger movement documenting India's diverse textile traditions.
Indian Textile Exhibitions Highlight Diverse Traditions
A Delhi exhibition, "Gamchha: From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary," displayed over 250 gamchhas from 14 Indian states, showcasing regional variations and promoting a more inclusive understanding of Indian textiles; this is part of a larger movement documenting India's diverse textile traditions.
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44% Bias Score
Fintech Fuels Global Financial Revolution for Women
Fintech startups are empowering women globally with better access to banking, investment, and entrepreneurial support, significantly impacting financial inclusion and economic participation, as evidenced by M-PESA's success in lifting 194,000 Kenyan households out of poverty, with women experiencing...
Fintech Fuels Global Financial Revolution for Women
Fintech startups are empowering women globally with better access to banking, investment, and entrepreneurial support, significantly impacting financial inclusion and economic participation, as evidenced by M-PESA's success in lifting 194,000 Kenyan households out of poverty, with women experiencing...
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48% Bias Score
Ukrainian Women Show Highest Entrepreneurial Drive in Europe
A Mastercard study reveals that 66% of Ukrainian women plan to start businesses, exceeding the EU average; this is driven by Gen Z, but lack of funding and confidence remain barriers.
Ukrainian Women Show Highest Entrepreneurial Drive in Europe
A Mastercard study reveals that 66% of Ukrainian women plan to start businesses, exceeding the EU average; this is driven by Gen Z, but lack of funding and confidence remain barriers.
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40% Bias Score
Challenges and Solutions for Black Women Seeking Business Grants
Black women entrepreneurs face challenges accessing business grants due to reduced programs and competition; however, alternative funding (local community, private sector, intersectional grants), expanded research, and strategic advocacy offer solutions.
Challenges and Solutions for Black Women Seeking Business Grants
Black women entrepreneurs face challenges accessing business grants due to reduced programs and competition; however, alternative funding (local community, private sector, intersectional grants), expanded research, and strategic advocacy offer solutions.
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36% Bias Score
SBA Recognizes Veteran-Owned Businesses; ForbesBLK Highlights Veteran Support Initiative
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recognized the contributions of over 1.9 million veteran-owned small businesses during National Veteran's Small Business Week; ForbesBLK member Tiffany Pilgrim, a veteran and founder of Corelini, is using her network to help veterans transition into civil...
SBA Recognizes Veteran-Owned Businesses; ForbesBLK Highlights Veteran Support Initiative
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recognized the contributions of over 1.9 million veteran-owned small businesses during National Veteran's Small Business Week; ForbesBLK member Tiffany Pilgrim, a veteran and founder of Corelini, is using her network to help veterans transition into civil...
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24% Bias Score
Uzbek Food Delivery Startup Empowers Women Entrepreneurs
Coozin, a Tashkent-based food delivery startup, launched a chef-training program that enabled 22-year-old Durdona Atametova to start a successful home-cooked meal delivery business, receiving dozens of daily orders from corporate clients; the platform aims to employ 200 women by year's end, addressi...
Uzbek Food Delivery Startup Empowers Women Entrepreneurs
Coozin, a Tashkent-based food delivery startup, launched a chef-training program that enabled 22-year-old Durdona Atametova to start a successful home-cooked meal delivery business, receiving dozens of daily orders from corporate clients; the platform aims to employ 200 women by year's end, addressi...
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16% Bias Score
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