Margaret McNamara Education Grant’s (MMEG) annual fundraising event is moving to a digital platform due to Covid-19. Please save the dates from by November 11 to 23. This not only supports the crucial mission of MMEG in helping provide for the education of exceptional women, but it also helps support small and local businesses which have suffered mightily during the pandemic. Click here for more information.
If your organization has implemented innovative solutions to promote gender equality and women’s social and economic inclusion in your workforce, value chain, consumer base, and/or communities of operation during COVID-19, take part in the survey by October 23, 2020.
When: 6-8 October 2020
This series of briefs provide tools for infrastructure and natural resources companies to benefit from gender equality. The briefs highlight key challenges, business cases, and operational entry points to enhance gender equity in power, transport, cities, water and sanitation, and mining projects.
As city governments grapple with how to jumpstart their local economies while preventing a resurgence of COVID-19, there is a critical need for real-time information about what’s happening on the ground. This is even more urgent in developing countries. Fortunately an innovative, data-driven solution, offered by IFC in partnership with analytics firm Habidatum, is providing privacy-protected […]
A campaign, concert & summit calling on citizens to tackle global injustices by using our collective voice to drive change for everyone, everywhere.
by World Hope International The project, IFC Advisory Program: COVID-19 Support for Adolescent Girls, is focused on teaching young women in Sierra Leone how to run their own sustainable soap making businesses. This project incorporates a response to COVID-19 with a social venture, protection, WASH, and global health and is the outcome of our desire to […]
BBC | Ugandan musician and politician Bobi Wine has released a song called Corona Virus Alert to raise awareness about the ways the public can fight against the current pandemic.
The Results-Based Operation for Local Bridge Construction and Road Asset Management Project (LRAMP) aims to improve connectivity and reduce the cost of travel for ethnic minorities by building bridges in the rural remote areas they call home. Incorporating local ethnic minority cultural elements in the technical design honors the indigenous culture, enhances the ownership of […]
A Principal Industry Specialist with IFC’s Climate Business Department who also works closely with the Global Power Group, Whittaker has joined forces with World Bank colleagues to assist emerging market governments assess their offshore wind potential and to develop a pipeline of bankable projects.
