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Women in Innovation is back with a new package of support

As this is currently a tough economy for startups, I’ve been wondering how this has impacted female founders who already find it harder to raise money? My fear is - based on many of the stories I’ve heard from female founders over the years - it won’t be a pretty picture out there. Which is a depressing thought for a Monday. 🫣 However, it is good to know there are grants and support available out there, specifically for women in tech….👇🏻 #womenintech #femalefounders #diverseinvestment #vcfunding #startupfundinh

Here's the truth: Women-owned businesses capture less than 1% of global corporate and government spending. At WEConnect International, this inequality ends now!     🤝 We spark unity and empowerment, connecting global firms with women-led businesses.      The recent WEConnect International Europe conference held in London saw attendees and corporations collaborating, championing women-owned businesses, and cultivating opportunities—resulting in women triumphantly winning business.     Yet, no one can untangle this alone. Governments, corporations, and advocacy networks must unite for inclusivity.     Share and repost this post to your network if you believe in driving business into the hands of women-owned businesses. Greater awareness leads to stronger growth of our cause.     To of all the women founders reading this, join our community here bit.ly/wecregister to win business from global corporations actively seeking you out! Together, we can drive money and business into women-owned enterprises.    #WECEurope #WEConnect #WEConnectInternational #WomenOwnedBusinesses #Empowerment #DiversityandInclusion         José Cunningham, Paulina DRI-RABELL, Jerome F., Nurdan Gündoğdu, Melanie Oliver, Valeria Rodríguez-Codina Felgueras, Elizabeth Vazquez. 

We shouldn’t need a theme for International Women’s Day to encourage our workplaces and society to ‘Invest in Women’. It should be embedded in every industry to see the value that we bring to our work and see the contribution to the success of the organisations we work passionately for. The communities we live in, actively contributing and participating to the fabric of its success, the clubs we belong to and life we work hard for. The families we care for, relationships we nurture and place our hopes for the future in. So lets not just focus on the topic for only today- lets make a real commitment to invest in women. It’s worth it. WE are worth it.

Today I have been approached by two different organisations about speaking opportunities at conferences in 2024. Both conferences are focused on empowering women. How exciting - I'm over the moon - I haven't been actively seeking speaking engagements, yet, so this is brilliant news. Then I looked at the fine print ... "to speak at our conference will cost £XXX.XX" for the basic speaker package. Plus travel and accommodation expenses. We're not talking about jumping on the train to London. The travel expenses will be significant. Not only are they asking me to pay to speak at the conference, they are also charging delegates to attend (I've paid thousands of pounds of the years to be a delegate at a conference - I've no issue with that). This is not empowering women ... this is profiteering. So no, as much as I'd love to speak at conferences about empowering women, I won't be paying to do it ... because that's disempowering this woman. #careercoachingforwomen #empoweringwomen #leadershipcoachingforwomen

International Women’s Day Event Theme - Inspire Inclusion When: Thurs 7th March Time: 6-8pm Where: Tannery Cookery School, Church Street, Dungarvan Cost to attend: €20 Speakers – Marie Duffy, Director Haleon, Cora Kearney Positive Ability Network, Aisling Larkin, Aisling Larkin.ie Description: The IWD 2024 campaign theme is Inspire Inclusion. When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world. And when women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance and empowerment. Marie Duffy, VS Director Haleon Winners of the Best Business in Waterford 2023, will speak about the importance of senior roles for women, and women in the workplace and how Haleon offers equity and women supporting. Cora Kearney is inspirational, after a brain injury which necessitated Cora to learn basic cognitive and physical skills again, she saw there was a gap for inclusion and has set up the Positive Ability Network. This is a jobs and social network for people from marginalised groups. They also host a ‘trash to treasure project’, taking items that were destined for landfill, and repair, restore or upcycle. The Positive Ability Network supports 9 people with disabilities with paid employment. After her role in this event last year. Aisling Larkin (Aislinglarkin.ie) will return with delicious finger food and chat through the past year, the challenges and the gains in her professional life. There will be finger food cocktails & mocktails and a heap of positive energy in a truly supportive environment that will celebrate wellness for women on International Women’s Day. This event is brought to you by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Waterford Local Enterprise Office. Drinks sponsored by Anchor Irish Spirits To book contact info@dungarvanchamber.ie or ring 058 45054 or here is the link to register and pay: https://buff.ly/3OAvlbK Space is very limited and is on a first come, first served basis. #Dungarvan #Waterford #Chamber #Chamberofcommerce #business #SME #Partnership #Collaboration #Growth #Economy #localeconomy #shoplocal #region #food #drink #industry #wellness #entrepreneur #connect #network

International Women’s Day Event Theme - Inspire Inclusion When: Thurs 7th March Time: 6-8pm Where: Tannery Cookery School, Church Street, Dungarvan Cost to attend: €20 Speakers – Marie Duffy, Director Haleon, Cora Kearney Positive Ability Network, Aisling Larkin, Aisling Larkin.ie Description: The IWD 2024 campaign theme is Inspire Inclusion. When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world. And when women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance and empowerment. Marie Duffy, VS Director Haleon Winners of the Best Business in Waterford 2023, will speak about the importance of senior roles for women, and women in the workplace and how Haleon offers equity and women supporting. Cora Kearney is inspirational, after a brain injury which necessitated Cora to learn basic cognitive and physical skills again, she saw there was a gap for inclusion and has set up the Positive Ability Network. This is a jobs and social network for people from marginalised groups. They also host a ‘trash to treasure project’, taking items that were destined for landfill, and repair, restore or upcycle. The Positive Ability Network supports 9 people with disabilities with paid employment. After her role in this event last year. Aisling Larkin (Aislinglarkin.ie) will return with delicious finger food and chat through the past year, the challenges and the gains in her professional life. There will be finger food cocktails & mocktails and a heap of positive energy in a truly supportive environment that will celebrate wellness for women on International Women’s Day. This event is brought to you by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Waterford Local Enterprise Office. Drinks sponsored by Anchor Irish Spirits To book contact info@dungarvanchamber.ie or ring 058 45054 or here is the link to register and pay: https://buff.ly/3OAvlbK Space is very limited and is on a first come, first served basis. #Dungarvan #Waterford #Chamber #Chamberofcommerce #business #SME #Partnership #Collaboration #Growth #Economy #localeconomy #shoplocal #region #food #drink #industry #wellness #entrepreneur #connect #network

International Women’s Day can be a time for many things; a moment of celebration for the hard-fought runs on the board, while also a focusing of the lens as to progress that is still to come. In considering this year’s IWD theme - Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress – we reflected on where we have contributed to investment and acceleration, and what that looks like for us, into the future. As an organisation, we swing the pendulum in favour of women – within our team of staff, our Board and amongst our participants. This can beg the question of what that means for women in community leadership, particularly in volunteer roles; on the one hand, it could mean that we’re asking more of women again. More time, more unpaid labour, more challenges to navigate in a world that has historically not been designed to benefit women. But on the other hand, it suggests that more women can access opportunities to increase their capacity, to sit at whatever table they’re interested in and have their voices and views heard, and they’re supported along the way to do so – juggling the competing priorities of time, effort and energy. That they’re being counted in, and they’re being invested in. Is there still more to be done? Yes, always. But at the heart of it, we’re really proud of the vast number of women involved in our organisation, and in the broader efforts of community-led initiatives across the region. That despite the hurdles, women keep treading well-worn pathways, and carving out new ones, too. Not only to benefit themselves, but for the many. And through every mechanism available to us, as an organisation we remain committed to providing these equitable and accessible opportunities well into the future.

GroYourBiz LTD™ & Global WIIN, would like to officially announce exciting news, with the launching of an Innovative Partnership! Together, we are teaming up to support #womenentrepreneurs UK based GlobalWIIN and Canadian based GroYourBiz™, two recognized organizations, recently launched a partnership to broaden the participation of women Innovators/Inventors nationally and globally. #womenbusinessowners innovative potential is underutilized at a time when the world needs all talents to solve the pressing problems facing humanity. By partnering with GlobalWIIN and leveraging #diversified industry knowledge from experts, #businessleaders and #networkingopportunities, we are sure to set our members up for even greater success to #scaleyourbusiness. Through the partnership, GlobalWIIN and GroYourBiz will provide their respective members access to benefits such as joint expert speakers/events, discounts on programming, and the ability to leverage each other’s respective and collective capabilities for the benefit of ALL women business owners. I look forward to working very closely with you Bola Olabisi FRSA and the rest of the amazing team Global WIIN. #partnership #winwin #globalpartnerships #groyourbiz #womeninbusiness #womenempoweringwomen #bmoforwomen #collaboration ________________ About GlobalWIIN: The Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network puts the spotlight on the development of invaluable inventions and innovations from individuals, the workplace and the business environment. With a special focus on empowering women, we work towards a common goal of advancing new processes, services and products that benefit the quality of life of human kind. GlobalWIIN formally known as GWIIN and its team of experts have helped to shine the spotlight on the creativity of hundreds of women in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and North America and now in the Caribbean. Working with governments, leading industry experts, voluntary organisations, educational establishments, and the private sector, it has held award events, roundtables and seminars and provided information and guidance to support the women on their journey to success. “Our Network aims to bridge the gender gap and find effective ways of bringing support, tools and information to empower women in achieving significant growth. From building digital infrastructures, new science to low technology, high viability concepts and products. We welcome the opportunity to partner with GroYourBiz as we both strive to enable women to grow and thrive in the global economy” said Dr. Bola Olabisi, FRSA, Founder & CEO, GlobalWIIN BMO Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) WBE Canada BCW In Action CAMSC CAWEE Canadian Association of Women Executives and Entrepreneurs Canadian Women's Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC) Women Elevating Women Enterprising Women Ugenie.io Red Letter Films NHV Natural Pet Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. Diane McCurdy Eva Sun Marla Kott Schwarz Law Partners LLP

This will likely be an unpopular post 😮💨 but here goes… If you’re only NOW thinking about International Women’s Day… didn’t have anything planned and are scrambling to put something together for your staff… You must ask yourself if empowering women is simply a tick box item or if it’s truly important to you. Some common concerns around IWD is its another event women have to plan and attend - often outside of work hours. Who at your company is organizing it? Some organizations are skipping it all together and giving the women they work with the day off, or hosting a lunch for staff instead of putting off an event. People are celebrating IWD the way they feel is right for their organization. But one thing is for sure… forgetting about it is an indication of where women stand for you and your organization. One thing we don’t want is for it to just become another tick box item without real celebration of women and their contributions. What is your organization doing to mark the day?