By Making It on 8 March, 2012
The front cover of the “We can do it!” issue of Making It has been the subject of many appreciative comments but also quite a few asking about the origins of the image. Here is a brief explanation.
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By Making It on 11 January, 2012
Governments, industry and businesses need to create more family friendly workplaces and workplace policies
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By Making It on 10 January, 2012
Investing in gender-sensitive development affects productivity, efficiency and sustained economic growth, as well as strengthens women’s rights
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By Making It on 27 December, 2011
Omar Traboulsi outlines the challenges faced by rural women’s cooperatives in the Republic of Lebanon and introduces an initiative that supports the country’s economic life
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By Making It on 25 December, 2011
How women’s economic empowerment is critical for reducing poverty and achieving broader health and development objectives
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By Making It on 5 December, 2011
Richard Heinberg and Matthew Lockwood debate the “end of growth”, and what lies at the foundation of a post-carbon, green economy
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By Making It on 3 December, 2011
Why gender equality is fundamental to Ireland’s overseas development programme
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By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Zoe Elena Horn examines the impact of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy through her work on the Inclusive Cities study
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By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Paul Polak believes corporations can will only remain competitive in the global marketplace by creating vibrant new markets that serve customers living on less than two US dollars a day
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By Making It on 1 December, 2011
Women in poor countries need resources to tap their entrepreneurial potential and ease the path to taking small ventures and building them up, according to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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