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#ICYMI 🚀 Between 2023 and 2024, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH’s Make-IT in Africa and Value For Women Ltd. teamed up with ESOs and startups across Africa’s tech and digital innovation ecosystem to support startups in their work AND drive gender inclusion. From an accelerator supporting startups to digitise non-tech industries, to a poultry farming company using Internet of Things, the organisations we collaborated with are working hard to enhance gender inclusion across their operations. 💡𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 highlights how these ecosystem players are not just facing up to gender disparities, but actively turning them around to enhance business outcomes. https://lnkd.in/dX292E_6 #WomenInTech #GenderInclusion #TechInnovation #AfricaTech #Leadership #DigitalTransformation #WomenEmpowerment #Entrepreneurship

🎉 Wrapping up 2024 with gratitude and excitement! As the year comes to a close, the Value For Women Ltd. team reflects on the incredible strides we've made together—with partners, clients, and our vibrant community. 💪✨ This year, we've worked hard to drive gender inclusion, empower women in business and finance, and create pathways for sustainable impact. We couldn’t have done it without you! 2025 promises to be even more transformative. We have some exciting announcements just around the corner—stay tuned! Here's to a holiday season filled with joy, rest, and inspiration for the journey ahead. 🌟 From all of us at Value For Women Ltd., Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

🌟2024 Recap: Unlocking the Power of the Private Sector for Inclusive Change 🎥 Here's looking at you, 2024! This year, we worked alongside 200+ investors, enterprises, and intermediaries to transform business as usual, alongside visionary partners, produced game-changing insights, and expanded our team—all to advance gender inclusion in business and finance across emerging markets. 🙌Thank you to our amazing partners, team, and community for continuing to inspire us on this journey of change! 🎯As we head into 2025, we do so with renewed purpose to create tangible change for women’s equality and toward social inclusion. Rebecca Fries Luis Marquez Aparajita Agrawal Asya Troychansky Trina Roy Kirsty Ho Norman Sarria, MBA #yearend #2024 #recap

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒: 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 At Value For Women Ltd. our mission is clear: empower businesses and investors to drive meaningful impact for women in all their diversity. By equipping the private sector with actionable tools and insights, we turn potential into progress. In 2024, we partnered with hundreds of organizations committed to advancing gender and social inclusion. Together, we transformed goals into action and action into impact. ✨Catch the highlights, milestones, and stories from this incredible journey in our latest #newsletter. Rebecca Fries Luis Marquez Aparajita Agrawal #inclusionforbusiness #genderlens #inclusivefinance #yearend #newsletter #wrap

Join our Inclusive Action Bootcamp in #Mexico! 📅 Tuesday, January 28, 2025 📍 Mexico City (location to be confirmed) ⏳Application Deadline: December 20, 2024 🔗https://lnkd.in/d6QSgYpS Value For Women Ltd. and the Inclusive Action Hub invite you to our Inclusive Action Bootcamp in January 2025. Our day-long Bootcamp will focus on what companies can do to attract and retain talent, and build high-performing teams. Over the past decade, Value For Women Ltd. has helped companies across the globe improve their business outcomes and social impacts by advancing gender inclusion in practice. Now, we're sharing our tools and expertise with companies that want to have an impact on gender and social inclusion What you can expect: ✔️Simple, actionable tools to hire, retain, and empower diverse teams to improve your company's performance. ✔️A network of peers and specialists in the field solving similar challenges ✔️Access to additional opportunities and incentives through the Inclusive Action Hub If you are part of the C-Suite, direct talent management or human resources verticals in small and medium-sized companies seeking growth and sustainable impact, this event is for you! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d6QSgYpS Pro Mujer NESsT LeFil Consulting Village Capital IDB Lab Rebecca Fries Luis Marquez Norman Sarria, MBA Katie Alesbury Asya Troychansky Jennifer Linares Marianela Molina Ramírez Shoshana Grossman-Crist Aiko García Aparajita Agrawal #inclusionforbusiness #genderlens #SME #Mexico #HR #humancapital #MSME

📢Bootcamp de Acción Inclusiva 🗓️Martes 28 de enero de 2025, de 9am a 5pm 🔗https://lnkd.in/d6QSgYpS Value For Women Ltd. y el Inclusive Action Hub te invitan a nuestro próximo Bootcamp de Acción Inclusiva para impulsar la innovación, la productividad y el crecimiento de tu empresa. 👉Talleres prácticos + alimentos + happy hour 🗓️Martes 28 de enero de 2025, de 9am a 5pm 📍Presencial, Ciudad de México (ubicación a confirmar) 🎟️Gratuito ¡𝐒ó𝐥𝐨 𝟐𝟓 𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐬, 𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐚! Si formas parte del *𝐂-𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞* y/o diriges la *𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢ó𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨* o recursos humanos en pequeñas y meianas empresas que buscan crecimiento e impacto sostenible, *𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐢*. Envía tu aplicación a través de esta liga: https://lnkd.in/d6QSgYpS Rebecca Fries Luis Marquez Asya Troychansky Norman Sarria, MBA Katie Alesbury Jennifer Linares Marianela Molina Ramírez Shoshana Grossman-Crist Daniela Moctezuma Erica Berthelsen Aiko García Aparajita Agrawal #Mexico #inclusión

Mark your calendars for this thought-provoking discussion on gender equity and energy access! Luis Marquez, Director - Advisory Services at Value For Women Ltd. will be part of Camco and Power Africa's panel discussion next week. ⚡What would gender equity in energy access look like in practice? Inadequate access to electricity and energy disproportionately affects women and women-led businesses. Bringing a gender lens to the energy sector has the potential to drive inclusion, and offer performance-related benefits to enterprises. On Wednesday, December 11, panelists will highlight practical case studies from decentralised renewable energy (DRE) businesses, showing how energy access strategies can be tailored to benefit women and girls. Look out for practical insights into successful gender equity strategies, best practices and solutions to common challenges faced by enterprises in the sector. Powering Change: Innovative Approaches to gender equity in energy 📅 December 11, 2024 ⌚ 16:30 (EAT) 🔗 Registration link: https://lnkd.in/eJ2MxqG9 Rebecca Fries Aparajita Agrawal Dr. Silvia Emili, PhD #WomenInEnergy #genderlens #EnergyAccess

🏆The results are in! Congratulations to all the awardees of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards! The 2024 WEPs awardees were chosen from 600 applicants across 21 countries, highlighting the powerful role the private sector has to play in implementing the WEPs, and advancing the gender equality across the region. Value For Women Ltd. was delighted to support this year's edition, through the active participation of Luis Marquez, Director of Advisory Services. Interested in insights, emerging best practices, or forward-looking actions that companies in Asia and the Pacific can take to promote gender equality? Our report, guided by the WEPs helps businesses advance gender equality through commitments and responsible business practices: https://lnkd.in/deXa_Nii UN Women Asia and the Pacific Rebecca Fries Luis Marquez Aparajita Agrawal #genderinclusion #inclusionforbusiness #WEPsAwards2024

📅Happening tomorrow! Discover how gender mainstreaming is transforming businesses and driving impact in emerging markets! Value For Women Ltd. and LeFil Consulting invite you to explore how #enterprises, #investors, and intermediaries can use gender inclusion as a strategic lever for both business performance and social impact. Join us to: 🔹Gain insights from real-world data and research across Latin America, Africa, and South Asia. 🔹Learn about actionable, proven strategies for gender inclusion. 🔹Be inspired by case studies of businesses thriving through gender-smart approaches. Who should attend? 🔹Early-stage companies looking to integrate or enhance gender inclusion strategies. 🔹Investors and intermediaries guiding portfolios toward impactful gender actions. 🔹Donors and organizations advancing gender lens investing. Speakers: Luis Marquez, Director of Advisory Services, Value For Women Ltd. Julia Mensink, Head of Impact, Acumen Jessica Graf, Founder and Managing Director, LeFil Consulting Valentina Lagos Latorre, Impact Director, EmpreDiem Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and take action! Register here: https://lnkd.in/dujextGx #genderinclusion #inclusionforbusiness

⌛It's almost time for the UN Women Asia and the Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)'s Regional Awards Ceremony 2024! Any guesses about this year's winners? 🏆Luis Marquez, Director - Advisory Services at Value For Women Ltd. has been a member of the esteemed Regional Judging Panel for the awards. He will be presenting the Award for Transparency and Reporting, and facilitating a breakout room for the same category at the Regional Ceremony tomorrow. Join in as the judges reveal the top private sector champions for #genderequality in the region, highlight innovations across organizational value chains and highlight how businesses of all size and sector can take action for change! 🔗Register here to be part of the ceremony: https://lnkd.in/dU_6gWM9 📅Date: December 3, 2024 🕓Time: 14:00-16:00 (GMT+7) Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ehsan Malik Samantha Hung Maya Juwita Julia Abad Harpreet Kaur Farid Tadros Neha Das Wita Krisanti Sarah Twigg Seema Bhatia - Panthaki Siriporn Rathie #WEPs #WEPsAwards #GenderActionLab