Cynthia Breazeal has never considered herself a woman entrepreneur. An entrepreneur? Yes. A leader? Certainly. But gender really has never come into play as she expanded her company Jibo, the maker of the world’s first family robot. Still, today is Women’s Entrepreneur Day, a global movement to celebrate and support female founders and shed light on some of […]

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. November 19th marks the launch of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, a global movement to celebrate, empower and support women entrepreneurs worldwide. In an interview with Wendy Diamond, founder and CEO of the initiative, we discussed the origins and […]

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day founder Wendy Diamond shares how she built a global advocacy campaign from scratch.     Two years after hosting the most expensive dog wedding in history to raise funds for the Humane Society of New York, social entrepreneur Wendy Diamond set her sights on an even bigger goal— uplifting the 250 million […]

Education creates a strong foundation for women entrepreneurs because it aids in the development of critical thinking and is one of the most effective ways to expand opportunities for women and their daughters.   The World Bank estimates that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent 51.5% of GDP in high-income countries, as opposed to 15.6% […]

A week from today, a new “day” hits the calendar in the increasingly consumer and cause-themed week after Thanksgiving. Women on Wednesday – with its own hashtag #WomenWOW – is designed to celebrate women entrepreneurs and encourage both investment in women-owned startups and shopping in women-owned businesses. Of course, it all spins off from the consumer madness of […]