From All Africa:Established with the aim of strengthening women's economic empowerment, the Agaseke project is an initiative of Kigali City Council (KCC) with other partners who include IMBUTO foundation and RDB/RIEPA.
The project was initiated to primarily train about 3800 women from the three districts of Kigali namely Nyarugenge, Kicukiro and Gasabo, in weaving so that they could produce products ready for the market.
In efforts to keep the project a going concern; KCC is planning to put up three training centers in Kigali, one in each district as well as a promotion house for crafts.
From WA Today:The number of young billionaire women under the age of 40 jumped to seven from just two a year earlier, bringing the number of women under 50 with 10-figure fortunes to 20, up from 17. The average age of female billionaires has dropped from to 61.5 from 62.5 in just the past year.
Married or single, self-made or inherited, these women, ranging from 24 to 49 years old, have limitless earning potential and decades ahead to see their investments and business ventures flourish. They are emerging from some of the world's biggest economies, taking on corporate roles their grandmothers and even mothers never would have dreamed possible.
From BBC News:Can women bankers and investment managers get us out of the economic mess that their male colleagues got us into? Will it take women to ensure the future health of the financial sector?
Halla Tomasdottir and Kristin Petursdottir are convinced the answer is yes.
They set up their investment firm Audur Capital in Iceland to prove it.
"Women tend to bring a lot to the table. They think more long-term, they think about the team, and not only themselves. They think more about people, and they see other business opportunities than men."
There is another, crucial difference, they find: "Women are willing to ask stupid questions. We want to understand. "
From Global Nation:"The Philippines has the highest percentage of women holding senior management positions at 47 percent in the world, according to the latest research from Grant Thornton International.The research revealed that women still hold less than a quarter of senior management positions in privately held businesses globally. Twenty-four percent of senior management positions are currently held by women -- a figure identical to 2007 and only a marginal improvement from 2004 when only 19 percent of senior level positions were held by women.Thirty-four percent of privately held businesses globally have no women in senior management. Russia has the highest percentage of women holding senior management positions at 42 percent, while Thailand came in third at 38 percent. (EHL)The lowest percentage continues to be in Japan where only seven percent of senior management positions are held by women. Also appearing low down the league table are Denmark (13 percent) and Belgium (12 percent).Women have become most successful in increasing their share of senior management roles in Turkey (up from 17 percent in 2007 to 29 percent in 2009) and Mexico (20 percent in 2007 to 31 percent). The biggest falls were in Brazil, where the figure fell from 42 percent in 2007 to 29 percent in 2009, and Hong Kong (falling from 35 percent in 2007 to 28 percent in 2009)."
From the Miami Herald:"Dena Bianchino grew up in Canton, Ohio. After graduating from Ohio State University, she worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Midwest.She joined the Mayor Maurice Ferré/City Manager Joe Grassie administration in the mid-1970s -- a time of youthful energy, professionalism and earnest commitment.''She really had an understanding of the way public funding was used and how to put the money where it would do the most good,'' Cohen said. ``She always wanted to be a professional person and in the '60s and '70s, when she was starting out, she was sort of a trailblazer.''One of her biggest achievements was enabling the Miami Grand Prix to race downtown in 1983."
