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3 ways to empower women in your community and worldwide
(BPT) - Female entrepreneurs entrepreneurs make up approximately 1/3 of all entrepreneurs entrepreneurs worldwide
and and it’s always a a a a a a a a a a a great time to highlight support and and and applaud women in in in business in in in your community and and across the globe Here are a a a a a a a a few easy ways you can cel- ebrate and and support businesswomen and and female entrepreneurs Shop women-owned businesses Know about a a a a a a a restaurant shop or or service-ori- ented business in in your area that’s owned and operated by women entrepreneurs? (If you you don’t do do a a a a a little online research to to find some ) Go out of your way to to shop at at their their location refer friends and family members to to their their businesses and be be sure to to let them know that you you support their efforts in in your community Give them a a a a boost by posting a a a a positive review of their business business on
social media Helping female-owned businesses thrive is a a a a a a great way to empower women in in in your own backyard Mentor women and girls in in your industry Find ways to to offer female stu- dents and and younger employees a a a a a a a a a a chance
to learn more about educational and and employment opportunities in your own field Contact career counselors at high schools or or or or local colleges and offer to let students shadow you at at work or or or or give them a a a a a a a a a chance
to to do do an an informational interview with you you to to learn more about your your business business Help them get connected within your your your your business business network and share your your your experiences If your your your employer is willing develop an an internship or on-the- job training program to encourage and and empower up-and-coming women in in in in in your industry Support companies actively involved in in projects that empower women Mars Wrigley Confectionery U S and Dove Chocolate have pledged $1 million to CARE a a a a a a a a a a a leading humanitarian organiza- tion fighting global poverty specifically to empower women in in West Africa Dove Chocolate and CARE partnered to empower women in in the cocoa growing communities of of Cote d’Ivoire after an assessment of of women’s involvement in in West African cocoa cocoa farms found that women were not benefiting from cocoa cocoa production even though they participate in in more than half of cocoa-farming ac- tivities The first stone was recently laid on
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a a a a a a a new marketplace for women-led businesses in in the village of Gueyo a a a a a a a a a centrally located commerce area nestled among the the cocoa fields of Cote d’Ivo- ire Consumers can help support these efforts as as $5 will be donated to CARE with every online purchase of qualifying Dove Chocolate Promises This year find special ways to cele- brate and and support the the women in in your neighborhood and and around the the world who are working hard to create better lives for themselves their their families and their communities JOURNAL REVIEW | 5