In Ghana, Soronko Academy is training the next generation of female computer scientists and challenging long-held gender stereotypes. DICE Young Storymaker Imani Dlamini meets founder Regina Honu to find out more.
Numerous barriers stop people from speaking up in the workplace. At a lunch hosted by NatWest and Pioneers Post, we hear how some of Northern Ireland’s women in social enterprise are tackling them.
It started out as a school project – but seven years on, a Philippines design hub and soft toy producer has helped get more than 100 women into jobs. The journey hasn’t always been easy, though.
Our DICE Young Storymaker Yael Berman reports on Moradigna, a São Paulo-based social enterprise that has improved 550 homes (and counting) – providing jobs, dignity and healthier living conditions along the way.
The NatWest WISE100 is back for the third time – and this year it’s bigger and better than ever. Nominate leading UK women in social enterprise by 16 October.
The investment manager and WISE100 nominee on her Black Country upbringing, questioning Economics textbooks – and how a boss helped her overcome public speaking nerves.
Managing director of the School for Social Entrepreneurs – and NatWest WISE100 nominee – Nicola Steuer on changing career, growing a 20-something year-old charity, and how inclusivity is never a job done.
Finance Innovation Lab incubates the people, ideas and movements building an alternative, healthier financial system. We meet co-founder Charlotte Millar – summed up by her WISE100 nominator as both “kind” and “powerful”.
Birdsong clothes are all made by women facing barriers to employment. Co-founders Sarah Slater and Sophie Neville – listed on the WISE100 and among Forbes' 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs – tell us what makes them tick.
