How Procurement and Sourcing Can Help Close the Gender Gap
By: Sydney Lazarus Procurement functions can play a big role in supporting women-owned businesses, argues a new report produced by UN Women. The report points out that corporations are in a powerful position to help close the gender gap through their procurement and sourcing departments. Even though corporate spend accounts for trillions of dollars every year, only 1% of that sum goes to women-owned businesses. (In comparison, for U.S. federal contracts, the figure is 4.7%) The benefits of sourcing from more women-owned businesses go beyond the women themselves. The World Economic Forum has found that gender equality is positively correlated with the country’s gross domestic product and level of competitiveness. Similarly, the World Bank has reported that “underused or misallocated” female labor leads to economic losses. But what do corporations themselves stand to gain? First, and perhaps most important to the c-suite, there are benefits to the…
How are Resilient Couples Different
Couples who are able to withstand tough times in their relationship are more likely to gain a stronger connection to one another. No relationship…
The Nourishing Taste of Bobotie
Bobotie (pronounced ba-boor-tea) is a delicious national South African food that is made from a mixture of curried meat, fruit and creamy golden topping…
Women and the Egg Freezing Controversy
By: Eruke Ojuederie In developing nations, fertility among women has been perceived as one of the greatest gifts a husband can have. It has…
The Giant Strides of Andrea Jung
Born in Toronto, Jung was born in 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her family moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts, when she was only two years…
How Can We Close the Gender Gap Within STEM?
By: Monica Burdick Those of us with careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM fields, in today’s common parlance) know the importance…
Trinidad & Tobago: Police Refute Kidnap Claims by Opposition Leader
By Carolyn Kissoon The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has confirmed that there is no truth to claims by Opposition Leader…
Women, Girls Sexually Exploited in Kenya for Food
Women and girls have been sexually exploited in return for food in northern Kenya, where gender-based violence is on the rise, the International…
Female Labour MPs Vow to Use Commons Strength to Improve Lives of Women
Labour’s female MPs are planning to operate as a parliamentary bloc to force Theresa May’s minority government to pass policies beneficial to women across…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India Top Points Table
The 11th edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup has started in England. India has gotten off to a great start in the tournament,…
Women Cohorts Incubate UAE Startups
By: Sandhya D’Mello 2017 will end up on a very, very bright note and its effect will spill over in 2018 as women…
INFERIORITY COMPLEX AMONG TEENAGERS
Inferiority complex has been defined as a lack of self-worth, doubt, and uncertainty about oneself and feelings of not measuring up to standard. It…
