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Category Archives: Business
Sheryl Sandberg: Take The Lead Challenge
Lean In author and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shares her thoughts on leadership at the Take The Lead Challenge at Arizona State University. March 2014.
Katrin Puetz and community-built biogas backpacks
Because of Katrin Puetz, German scientist, along with Yodit Balcha of Ethiopia and Mariela Pino of Chili, women and children won’t have to carry heavy loads of firewood anymore; they can carry lightweight biogas in a backpack. Learn more about their project.
OSU’s Margaret Burnett mentors women
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Oregon State University’s Margaret Burnett, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has been a pioneer of women in Computer Science since she started her career in 1971. © Daily Edventures 2013.
Read more about her expertise on her OSU Profile page.
Sara Russo, Global Manager for WordPress
Sara Rosso is VIP Global Services Manager for Automattic’s WordPress.com Open Source product. Read more about her. © 2012 WordPress
Gina Bianchini co-founder of Ning
WIE Symposium 2011: Gina Bianchini Interview
Gina Bianchini helped usher in the age of social media nearly a decade ago when she co-founded Ning, a social networking site that launched the same year as Facebook. © Huffington Post 2011.
Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook and the Ambition Gap
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., discusses the global “ambition gap” for women. She spoke Jan. 27 on a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times moderates the discussion. (Source: World Economic Forum, Source: Bloomberg)
The Naisosian Project
This short documentary is from Oregon State University’s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) group. They worked with The Naisosian Project, an organization based out of Arusha, Tanzania focusing on giving women skills and tools to succeed.
Afghanistan: Women Entrepreneurs
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the tripartite UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers of its member states in common action to promote decent work throughout the world. More than two decades of conflict have crippled Afghanistan’s economy. But some Afghan women are taking their handicraft skills to the market and playing an active role in the country’s reconstruction and development as ILO TV reports.
Soul of Women’s Initiative
Women’s Initiative for Self Employment provides a one-stop shop where high-potential, lower-income women receive training to start and grow their business. The business management training, technical assistance, and financing services we provide — in English and Spanish — improve the quality of life for the women we serve, their families and our communities.
Women Role Models Project 