Learn how some of the world's most inspiring women are using their growing economic power to create success in meaning in their lives while building a better world

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2. If we stop thinking of
women as victims
or as a burden and start
recognizing them as
strong and creative force,
a whole new world of
opportunities will open up
CH#01. WHY WOMEN, WHY NOW.
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3. Kathleen Matthews (two from right) has been making impact since
she was an on air reporter, talk show host, then
Marriott Chief of global communications and public affair.
CH#02. KNOW THE POWER OF WOMEN

4. CH#03. FIND YOUR PURPOSE
Integrating purpose into one's life
and work can be transformative.
Sometimes that purpose led us to
make what outside observers
might see as unorthodox choices,
at times veering off traditional
career tracks in order to take a
chance to make an impact.
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5. CH#04. CONNECT WITH OTHERS
Experience echoes what a growing body of research tells us that
connecting to a cause larger than ourselves
is one of the surest steps toward a meaningful life.

6. CH.05 LEADERSHIP & NETWORK AT TOP
Female leaders lead differently, as they bring meaning & purpose to
work, lead from their strengths, embrace positive & negative
emotions at work and harness that energy to motivate their
colleagues, and they build community & trust in their organization so
that everyone feels capable of participating.

7. CHAPTER 6
WHY THE MIDDLE MATTERS
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8. There is abundance of power in the middle, in the vast cadre of
women who may not be at the very top, but whose talent and
resources make them an essential part of their organizations.
Women in the middle hold the key to promote female-focused
strategies, as well as creating supportive, flexible work environments.
WHY THE MIDDLE MATTERS
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9. In 1993, Zainab Salbi saw thus
potential in the middle when
created Women for Women in
Bosnia, now called Women for
Women International.
She decided to start her own
organization to support the women
of Bosnia with one-to-one
sponsorship model.
PURPOSE IN THE MIDDLE
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10. Dana Lerner, a psychotherapist, a mother living in the upper west side of
New York, in 2014 tragically lost a son, Cooper, in an accident.
The loss of his son made her paralyzed by sadness.
Her friends create a Google Calendar (which she titled "We Love Funds")
to coordinate the schedule of twenty Dana friends.
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11. Less than six months after Cooper’s passing, the city council
enacted “Cooper’s Law” which allows the city’s Taxi and Limo to
suspend the license of a driver involved in a serious crash.
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12. CEO may have the final say, but they rely on their middle managers
for ideas, since it is they have a firmer grasp on operational details.
One of the best ways to influence senior management is to be WELL
PREPARED to UNDERSTAND the GOALS of the organization.
TAKING A STAND
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Paul Charron is a man at the top who learns
from the middle.
He became CEO of fashion company Liz
Claiborne in 1995, assigned by the board of
directors to restore growth.

13. CHAPTER 7
POWER AT THE BASE
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14. Kate Spade recruited 150 of Masoro’s most talented and committed
female artisans and helped them sets their own worker-owned, for
profit-business.
Today, when fashion-forward shoppers visit a Kate Spade store or
its website, they can choose from a range of embroidered and
beaded handbags produced by the co-op. Shopping become a lot
more purposeful.
POWER AT THE BASE
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15. MICROCREDIT is a small-scale loans to low-income people who
typically been “unbanked”. Microlending often coupled with
business training, to help borrowers launch a small enterprises and
become economically self-sufficient.
Ann Dunham actually plays a key role in highlighting the impact of
this solution at the fourth World conference on women in Beijing.
THE MACRO EFFECT OF MICROCREDIT
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16. Muhammad Yunus was the first to observe how small loans could lift
people out of poverty.
He started what later became the Grameen Bank, which was officially
recognized by the Bangladesh government 7 years later after standing
THE MACRO EFFECT OF MICROCREDIT
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17. AVON had pioneered the direct-sales model nearly a hundred years
earlier. Transforming women with no business experience into sales
representative & entrepreneurs who sold affordable cosmetic products.
THE AVON LADY GOES GLOBAL
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19. In 2007, Gap Inc. introduced
educational learning to women on
the factory floor.
The P.A.C.E (Personal
Advancement and Career
Enhancement) program was
designed and developed by Gap in
partnership with the Swasti - Health
Resource Center and the
International Center for Research on
Women.
PACE is built on the assumption that
female garment workers only need a
little social mobility, get regular
payments, sometimes for the first
time in their lives.
EMPOWERING WOMEN WORKERS
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20. To make small enterprises viable over long term, to provide economic
sustainability to each household, the enterprises had to be mainstream.
SEWA, the Indian trade union of self-employed women, partnered with
Indian Institute of Management and Enterprise. They designed their own
management courses and set up their own SEWA management school.
SEWA also partnered with Vodafone to provide mobile phone service.
PARTNERSHIP AT THE BASE
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21. In 2014, Andrea Jung became CEO of Grameen America, which
operates in line with efforts while promoting sustainable growth.
At Grameen America, women borrowers are encouraged to save
money on small banks with a minimum of $ 2 renewal.
BRINGING MICROCREDIT BACK HOME
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22. Each of these organizations has witnessed how giving women practical
skills training helps them become more effective entrepreneurs and
employees and more empowered in their own lives.
They understand how much power lies at the base and how essential it
is to invest in these billions of women if we are to fast-forward.
BRINGING MICROCREDIT BACK HOME
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23. CHAPTER 8
ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATORS
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24. Women entrepreneurs are starting businesses that address women’s
needs, growing the economy and creating job.
ENTREPRENEURS & INNOVATORS
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25. Women are not only building businesses and investing in their families;
they often combine a social mission with their business strategy, putting
them at the forefront of the next generation of entrepreneurship.
ENTREPRENEURS & INNOVATORS
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26. Social Entrepreneurship is fit for woman who always had to meet
complex demands that pit community against individualism. One of the
biggest obstacles: lack of access to capital
BUILDING ENTERPRISES WITH PURPOSE
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27. Fortunately, programs that integrate loans with business development,
training and mentorship go a long way toward solving these problems.
CLOSING THE FINANCIAL GAP
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28. On a global scale, the International Finance Corporation, is putting its
resources to work helping women gain access to capital.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL GOES GLOBAL
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29. The next step is GROWTH. Business expansions skills and later-stage
capital becomes very important. Mentorship is essential to help women-
owned SME expand.
Scaling Up
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30. Sourcing support women entrepreneurs. Companies large and small are
using supplier diversity and inclusion programs to provide women with
access to larger markets to scale up businesses.
ACCESS TO MARKETS: SOURCING FROM WOMEN
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31. The artisan market is a powerful arena of women’s entrepreneurship.
According to the Alliance of Artisan Enterprise, artisanal activity is one of
the largest economic sectors engaging women in the developing world.
But woman often challenges in getting products to wider market.
THE POWER IN HER HANDS
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32. Entrepreneurial women are using their networks and creating new ones to
launch and support next generation ef entrepreneurs. They are coming
with purpose, inventing products and services that solve social problems.
THE NEXT WAVE: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
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33. CHAPTER 9
UNFINISHED BUSSINESS
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34. For too long, the history of women has been a history of silence.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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"If there is one message that echoes
forth from this conference, let it be
that human rights are women's rights
and women's rights are human rights,
once and for all,"
Hillary Clinton, 1995

35. While women’s legal status has improved in the past century, in 90% of
the world’s countries, women still face discriminatory laws that prevent
them from inheriting or owning property, opening bank accounts, divorcing
or obtaining custody for children.
What follows is by no means an exhaustive list of unfinished business on
our path to full equality.
We will meet a few of resourceful women who, with integrity and grit, are
working to address them.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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36. Care responsibilities can weigh on women’s careers.
❖ The lack of governmental support for new mothers affects the
rate of female participation in labor force.
❖ A host of structural design flaws weigh more on woman.
❖ Working mothers take a lot of time off work to care for
family/child. Impact at work and later at retirement.
❖ Families struggle to pay for quality child care when both parents
work outside the home.
THE CARE CONUNDRUM
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37. Allows senior-level employees up to 5 year off for child rearing or
any other personal reason, while providing them with mentoring,
training and ad hoc work assignments to keep them in the loop.
DELOITTE’S PERSONAL PURSUIT
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38. MIND THE GAP
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39. Gender-based violence takes many forms.
It stems from shortsighted economic constraints and long-held traditions.
Haunts the life cycle of women and girls, starting even before they’re born.
THE MANY FACES OF VIOLENCE
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40. The notion that women bear their family’s honor on their bodies
leads to women being punished for perceived sexual transgressions
that bring shame to the family.
These destructive notion are not fixed and immutable.
CHANGING CULTURES FROM WITHIN
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Funded by Nike Foundation to combat
child marriage in Ethiopia shows how
cultural and economic factors can
influence each other.

43. Women bear the consequences of violence and conflict
disproportionately. They compromise more than 3-4 of the refugees
and displaced persons resulting from wars, they are targets of mass
rape in times of war and they are the ones left behind to rebuild a
society.
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
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45. But the law and public policy can only go so far in addressing
discrimination and violence faced by women.
We need to change the culture and attitudes that lead to
discrimination and violence against women.
Three of those critical levers for change are:
Education
Technology
Media
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46. THANK YOU
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