Florence Akara is the director of Femme International; a nonprofit serving nearly a decade of menstrual sexual reproductive health (MSRH) education, research and product distribution in East-Africa. MSRH status, in spite of investments/resources in the past decade, has been unsustainable. Through investing in a feminist social business model called "The...
FEMALE EMPOWERMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE: FIVE STARTING POINTS
Dr. Laura Bechthold is a social scientist and innovation professional from Munich. As a postdoctoral researcher at the Friedrichshafen Institute for Family Entrepreneurship at Zeppelin University, she works on questions regarding responsibility and decision paradigms of family entrepreneurs. As the Director of Science Services at Philoneos GmbH, she supports family...
THE ROLE OF GENDER EQUALITY FOR A COMPETITIVE EUROPE
Ms. Sirpa Pietikäinen is a Finnish member of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament. She is a former Finnish Minister of Environment (1991-1995), and her career at the Finnish parliament is extensive, ranging from the year 1983 to 2003. At the European Parliament, Sirpa Pietikäinen is a...