Activist to Entrepreneur: The role of social enterprise in supporting women’s empowerment in the US

Organization(s): British Council
Author: Bally Sappal, Mark Richardson
Regions: North America
Country: United States of America
Year: 2017
Language: English
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This report examines the role that social enterprise is playing in addressing gender inequality and women’s empowerment in the US, where women earn 65 cents for every dollar earned by a man and are chronically under-represented in positions of leadership. It is one of a series of reports on social enterprise and women’s empowerment which also focus on Brazil, India, Pakistan and the UK.