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Chuyên mục: Tạo sức mạnh cho phụ nữ – woman empowerment
Give women greater role in industry to cut poverty, urges UN executive
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Only about half of the world’s women are in the labour force compared to about 75 percent of men
By Belinda Goldsmith
VIENNA, Nov 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women need to be given a greater role in industries in poorer nations to meet the global goal of cutting poverty by 2030, the head of the United Nations industrial development agency said on Monday after being voted in for a second term.
Tiếp tục đọc “Give women greater role in industry to cut poverty, urges UN executive”
Vietnamese girl inspires Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg with bike tour startup
By Tuoi Tre News
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| Nguyen Thi Huong Lien (R) takes a photo with Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in Da Nang, Vietnam, November 9, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
A Vietnamese entrepreneur has inspired Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, by her vision to empower women with a startup company that offers city tours led by female bikers.
Nguyen Thi Huong Lien’s name was brought up by Sandberg as the executive addressed a crowd of thousands of world business leaders and diplomats at the APEC CEO Summit in Da Nang on Friday.
Lien was the founder of the ‘I Love Hue’ tour, which operates motorbike tours that introduce visitors to the Vietnamese lifestyle in and around Hue City in the central region. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese girl inspires Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg with bike tour startup”
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