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SUMMARY:Empretec Women in Business Awards 2020: Resilience
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DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD created the Empretec Women in Business Award in 2008 as 
 an acknowledgment of the great achievements of women entrepreneurs trained
  by the Empretec programme. The award\, granted every two years\, has made
  a real impact on the lives of past recipients. It has improved their acce
 ss to further training\, widened their markets and resources and boosted t
 heir motivation to continue growing their enterprises. It has also helped 
 these women become role models in their communities. Recipients excelled i
 n developing innovative business ideas\, providing jobs\, and increasing i
 ncomes in their communities.\n\nThe 7th edition of the Empretec Women in B
 usiness Awards will be held virtually to recognize the contributions of in
 spiring women entrepreneurs trained by the Empretec programme and to celeb
 rate their success in the world of business.\n\nWatch the Recording of the
  Ceremony here.\n\nAs UNCTAD actively contributes to raising awareness on 
 social and environmental pillars of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Develop
 ment and promote inclusive and sustainable businesses to attain the Sustai
 nable Development Goals\, three special categories were introduced in this
  7th edition to highlight the contributions of women entrepreneurs in (i) 
 circular economy\, (ii) sustainable agriculture and (iii) inclusive busine
 ss in addition to the overall Women in Business Awards 1st prize winner.\n
 \nAt this celebration of remarkable women entrepreneurs\, the Women in Bus
 iness Award 2020 is dedicated to the theme of “Resilience” in the face
  of COVID-19 pandemic which had a strong negative impact on women entrepre
 neurs given their overrepresentation in sectors particularly affected by l
 ockdowns\, i.e. retail trade\, hotels and restaurants and education\, and 
 existing structural inequalities including limited access to finance\, tec
 hnology\, markets\, networks and social protection and informality.\n\nThe
  increased care burden during the lockdown was a major impediment on women
  entrepreneurs\, unlike their male peers. As such\, firms managed by women
  were 27% more likely to file for insolvency or bankruptcy during the peak
  of the pandemic.\n\nThe WBA 2020 is expected to inspire the next generati
 on of innovators and entrepreneurs to start resilient ventures that aim fo
 r positive social and environmental impact with inclusive\, circular and s
 ustainable business models. In recovering from the pandemic and the econom
 ic recession\, the businesses that are run by the 2020 finalists will insp
 ire the next generation of women entrepreneurs to move beyond financial re
 turns and aim for positive social and environmental impacts.\n\nThis is in
  line with the UN Secretary-General’s Shared Responsibility and Global S
 olidarity Report which emphasizes the opportunity for a green\, inclusive
 \, and resilient recovery toward sustainable development. Some finalists h
 ave already made the brave switch to circular production and sustainable a
 griculture to minimize waste and to protect the environment. At the same t
 ime\, some finalists are operating inclusive business models to a various 
 extent\, engaging vulnerable groups in their supply chains. The profiles o
 f finalists indeed show that they are economically empowering other women.
 \n\nMeet the 2020 finalists (in alphabetical order\, by country):\n\n\nPa
 ula Itati de la Vega Sánchez (Argentina): Bioita « utensilios de caña 
 »\, manufacturing of ecological products\nAgda Oliver (Brazil): Meu Mecâ
 nico\, Mechanical services for vehicles\nSandra Milena Sánchez Valenzuela
  (Colombia): Agencia Internacional SHARK\, Digital business and marketing 
 services\nAna María Villavicencio Flores (Ecuador): Finca Agroturística 
 Don Antonio\, Agrotourism and gastronomy\nKayan Motashaw (India): LivRite 
 Foods\, Manufacture of honey “Beelicious”\nAfnan Kamel Ali (Jordan): E
 ureka Tech Academy\, Education for students under 18 years old on technolo
 gy\, innovation\, programming\, and engineering\nSandra Anne Ghouse (Malay
 sia): 3E Training and Education Sdn Bhd – Soft skills and corporate trai
 ning company\nNicoleta Hritcu (Romania): SC Retro Food SRL and SC Cuptorul
  Moldovencei SRL\, Manufacturing and sale of bread\, cakes\, and fresh pas
 try\nHadija Jabiri Pheri (Tanzania): GBRI Business Solutions Company Limit
 ed\, Growing\, packaging\, and exporting vegetables and fruits\nJulia Nyam
 ahunge Omalla (Uganda): Delight Uganda Ltd\, Processing\, packaging and di
 stributing popular fruit drink “Cheers”\n\n\nWatch the finalists&#039\
 ; videos here.\n/topic/enterprise-development/Empretec\n\nView meeting on 
 unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/empretec-women-business-awards-2020
 -resilience
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