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Giving Joy’s Micro Grants for Female Founders Are Making Macro Impacts

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French social change-maker Charlotte Cotton celebrated International Women’s Day 2023 at the Alliance Française de Pondichéry in India. Giving Joy is making macro impacts through micro grants Giving Joy is an international micro grant and mentorship initiative funding women-led businesses and organizations making a social impact.

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Commercial real estate lending hits ten year low

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The respected Commercial Real Estate report reveals new lending reached £32 billion – its lowest level since 2013, while total outstanding debt is at its lowest level since 2017, standing at £170 billion in 2023. The share of international banks actively lending to commercial real estate in the UK market has been falling since 2018.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. She recently won the 2023 Waterfront Award for Science and Technology and was recognized as one of White Page International’s Top 100 Asian Women Power Leaders.

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. women’s team has been far more successful on the international stage than the men’s team,” according to ESPN.

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Raise a Glass: The Popularity of Nonalcoholic Drinks Is Marking a Shift in Drinking Culture

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Throughout her roughly 15-year career in investment banking, international development and renewable energy financing, she traveled to over 30 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. It even says it on our bottles,” she says.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

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has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. For example, a recent survey of companies in the UK found that 47 percent have no supportive policies for employees struggling with fertility ( FertilityFamily , 2023).

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How big a deal is 1.5°C vs. 2°C of global warming? Significant — here’s why

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Secretary-General António Guterres said back in 2018 in his address to the UN General Assembly — a statement that in hindsight now rings especially true. A United Nations report in 2018 concluded as much, saying back then that average global temperatures will likely reach 1.5°C C rather than 2°C or higher.

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