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Life-saving grant scheme supports 41 organisations

Over 40 organisations across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been awarded grants totalling £300,000 to help their life-saving work.

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Events aim to help women into boardrooms

A series of virtual events throughout the England, Mexico, the USA, Spain and Switzerland will kick-off a fresh drive to help women to become members of the boards of organisations across the globe.

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Protecting Midwives and Mothers During the Pandemic

As health systems battle to contain COVID-19, care for mothers-to-be has become a low priority according to SALLY PAIRMAN and ROOPA DHATT.

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Vulnerable women channel experiences into artwork

The latest from the home of positive news features an exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge entitled “Women, Unity, Strength”

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Unleashing the economic potential of women

Governments increasingly recognise that economies can reach their full potential only with the full participation of both women and men. DAVID MALPASS explains how countries can start to achieve this goal. What do you think? Comment on this story at Project-Syndicate.org. Girls are attending school in greater numbers than ever before, and women are increasingly entering the […]

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Social enterprises drive fight for gender equality

Social enterprises from across the world have outlined plans to help tackle gender inequality on the second day of the Social Enterprise World Forum.

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8,000 women recruited to tackle poverty

An Ethiopian entrepreneur is taking a social enterprise approach to tackling poverty in Ethiopia with new support secured to scale up her organisation.

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World Menopause Day marks its ten year anniversary

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the first  World Menopause Day. The global awareness day, which was established by the International Menopause Society, has been observed since 2009 to show support to women across the globe and to recognise the challenges of menopausal symptoms and related conditions. 

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Period dignity at work a step closer

A UK Social Enterprise has launched a nation-wide Period Dignity campaign to bring period equality in the UK workplace.

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Inaugural Girls Wicketz Festival inspires and educates

Fifty-five girls from Bristol, Plymouth, Wales, Manchester, Luton, Hartlepool, Bradford, Nottingham and Peterborough were bowled over by the Lord’s Taverners Wicketz programme’s first ever all-girls Wicketz Festival.

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