Monthly Archives: May 2013

Germany’s Luka Döring Calls Upon Companies to Make the First Move

May 27, 2013

At the end of 2012, only four percent of all seats on the executive boards and just under 13 percent on the supervisory boards of the top 200 companies in Germany were occupied by women and worldwide still 75 million …

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Japan’s Carmina Mancenon Encourages Economic and Policy Incentives to Bring Young Women into the Entrepreneurship and STEM Fields

May 24, 2013

I am Carmina, a Filipino who grew up in Japan, was born in the Philippines and am currently a 3rd year student studying Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University. My entrepreneurship experience includes co-founding a social enterprise that …

Saudi Arabia‘s Merwa Abdelkader Believes Applying Technology Can Reduce Unemployment Rates

May 21, 2013

Being a typical product of the public education system provided in Saudi, I’ve always dreamt of finding a job in the public sector after graduation. That is what almost everyone around me has as a plan after graduation. It was …

India’s Aishani Khurana On The Need for Training to Encourage Women Entrepreneurship in India

May 17, 2013

I am a sophomore studying Economics at Soka University of America from New Delhi, India. The believe the greatest economic challenge facing women in my community is the lack of training and resources that can foster women entrepreneurs both in …

France’s Violette Perrotte Shares Her Aspirations For The 2013 G(irls)20 Summit

May 13, 2013

As a 20 year-old, I have been very aware of the economical issues concerning women of my generation in France and around the world. However, because of my young age, I thought it would be complicated to start taking action …

China’s Helen Wai-sze Leung, Seeks 3.5 Billion (Including the 35 Million in China) Ways To Change The World

May 08, 2013

By: Helen Wai-sze Leung If there are 3.5 billion ways to change the world, in that there are 3.5 billion girls and women on this earth, then there could have been 35 million more ways in China. As a result …

Italy’s Isabella Rossi’s Experiment to Realize The Greatest Challenge Facing Girls & Women

May 02, 2013

I recently undertook an experiment. The objective was to find out what the greatest economic challenge facing women in Italy is. This meant delving deeper, interviewing as many women as I could. After many open-heart talks, Facebook chats, phone calls …