Jessica Marie Kruger was named one of the UK’s Top young entrepreneurs by Management Today. Her first business is ETHOS and her second business is LUXTRA. She is an MBA alumna from the International School of Management, Paris, France. After graduating from ISM, I moved to Switzerland and worked in corporate intelligence (lots of stories for another day!) and down the…
Deseye Umurhohwo, DBA, is a successful entrepreneur, She is passionate and committed to creating value through collaboration, knowledge impact, and research. She promotes innovation through the implementation of innovative techniques and models. Deseye has a solid educational background as an alumna of the University of Ibadan, Lagos Business School, and the International School of Management in Paris. Lastly, Deseye is an experienced…
GC4W Entrepreneurship Certificate Program comes to “The Wing.” – Apply below for a fresh start. The Global Connections for Women Foundation is creating new pathways for women entrepreneurs to succeed in their pursuit of scalable business practices, and business leadership. As part of our effort to increase access to quality education for female entrepreneurs. The GC4W will run the second cohort of the…
Give to GC4W on #GivingTuesday by texting “GC4W” to “56512” to give to the GC4W Entrepreneurship Fund. The GC4W Entrepreneurship Scholarship Fund, which ensures female entrepreneurs get the financial support and training they need to bring their business ideas to the global marketplace. The Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W) created the GC4W University Programs to increase access to quality education for women…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Earn Academic Credits with GC4W University Programs. The Global Connections for Women Foundation partners with the International School of Management (ISM) to offer Academic Credits to participants in the GC4W University Programs. You can now earn academic credits when you participate in the GC4W Advanced Entrepreneurs Programs for entrepreneurs and business leaders. Research findings suggest that the challenges that…
At the 2020 edition of the GC4W Entrepreneurship Ball, we will honor an exceptional group of individuals for excellence in entrepreneurship and business leadership, innovation and thought-leadership, and male gender equality ally. The proceeds from the GC4W entrepreneurship ball will support the training and development of female entrepreneurs through the GC4W Entrepreneurship Program. The 2020 GC4W awards category : Business Entrepreneur…
The film producer Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment — which many have described as an open secret in Hollywood — have exploded onto the pages of the New York Times. The New Yorker documents even more disturbing accusations of rape and assault. It’s now clear that many men and women in Weinstein’s company and in the film industry knew about these alleged crimes but…
Meet the newest members of the GC4W University Leadership Board at the Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W). GC4W continues in our efforts and mission to creating leadership and entrepreneurship programs for women and girls worldwide – to help expand their business acumen and business leadership. We are also committed to promoting sustainable business practices that will propel and enable…
Companies spend millions on antibias training each year. The goal is to create workforces that are more inclusive, and thereby more innovative and more effective. Studies show that well-managed diverse groups outperform homogeneous ones and are more committed, have higher collective intelligence, and are better at making decisions and solving problems. But research also shows that bias prevention programs rarely…
Netflix will release the animated short Sitara: Let Girls Dream from two-time Oscar-winning and three-time Emmy-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Titled Sitara: Let Girls Dream, the moving story centers on a 14-year-old girl named Pari who dreams of being a pilot, while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream. “Young girls everywhere still face considerable hurdles in achieving their dreams. Sitara embodies that struggle;…