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The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Welcomes International Telecommunication Union as New UN Partner in Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in developing and least developed countries
NEW YORK, NY – GENEVA. – (February 8, 2022) – A landmark McKinsey Global Institute report finds that $12 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 if underserved women around the world are given access [...]
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Partners with the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge to Maximize the Development Impact of Women Entrepreneurs
NEW YORK – (November 20, 2021) –The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA), a strategic multi-partnership convening five United Nations agencies and Mary Kay, Inc., in support of last week Global Entrepreneurship Week and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, [...]
Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Announces Partnership with Commonwealth to Drive Change for Women Entrepreneurs in 54 countries
NEW YORK – (October 27, 2021) – The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA), a strategic multi-partnership convening five UN agencies and Mary Kay Inc., is today joining forces with the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBWN) to empower [...]
Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Celebrates Second Anniversary by Announcing Impactful Initiatives to Drive Change for Women Entrepreneurs
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA), a strategic multi-partnership initiative established by five UN agencies and Mary Kay Inc., is today celebrating its second-year anniversary by announcing progress on several programmes designed to impact 5 million [...]
Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Joined Generation Equality Forum for Gender-Responsive Procurement Panel & Commits to Action Coalitions
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator joined the Generation Equality Forum in Paris (June 30-July 2) through the “Drivers of Change” Program. On July 2, the Accelerator hosted a panel titled “Building a Transformative Strategy for Gender-Responsive [...]
Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator
One year ago, we committed to educating and empowering ten million women entrepreneurs over the next ten years. The mission of the Women's Entrepreneurship Accelerator could not be more timely. Investing in women entrepreneurs [...]