Sustainable Impact: How Women Are Key to Ending Poverty
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072Z5LCDF |
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| Number of Pages | : | 596 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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These changes have made eradicating global poverty more challenging than ever. Incorporated in the book is a careful examination of the old models of charity and donations juxtaposed against the promise that purpose-driven social enterprises hold in eradicating poverty.Sustainable Impact: How Women Are Key to Ending Poverty offers eye-opening insight and practical advice that seeks to motivate everyone to help make a better world and do our part to eliminate global poverty.. The world has changed rapidly over the past decades. They challenge us to move beyond the unconscious bias of seeing women as capable of receiving only microfinance loans to viewing women as capable of receiving larger funding, and present data that shows women are good investments.The authors lead us on a journey of hope where they encourage us to solve problems empathetically; embrace grassroots human-centric solutions; initiate systemic change; support a world of purpo
Social Impact is an extraordinary book, written by three Thomas J. Kosnik Social Impact is an extraordinary book, written by three serial social entrepreneurs who are now impact investors. Laina Raveendran Greene, Audrey Tan and Lizzy Hawkins were brought together through their shared conviction that we can end world poverty.The chapters are all enlightening. Here is what they cover:• Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of global poverty• Chapter 3 focuses on the importance of empathy and humility• Chapter 4 discusses charity and donations• Chapter 5 examines the need to initiate systems change&bul. Social Businesses are a powerful way to lift women and their families out of poverty Eric Benhamou Laina Greene is one of those rare entrepreneurs who has managed to steer their professional career in accordance with their personal values. Her work in stimulating the creation and nurturing of social enterprises is both a sound business initiative and a valuable social service. Her fund enables enterprising women to lift themselves and their partners up from a condition of hopelessness and material poverty, and become active participants in the business community and an inspiration to their peers. This approach has the immense merit of being su. so we love what Angels of Impact are doing “I have met countless women making a positive impact on society and the world as co-founder and CEO of Creating Responsible and Innovative Businesses (CRIB), a social enterprise empowering women to become successful entrepreneurs. Women have so much to contribute—to their families, the economy and society as a whole. CRIB equips women to reach their full potential, fulfil their business dream, and lead investors to fund women-led ventures, so we love what Angels of Impact are doing. Equipping women, funding social enterprises and find