The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.

Introducing the new Student/Mentor Blog
April 28th, 2009

Welcome to our new “networking” tool.  We encourage our Peace through Business® participants – students, mentors and supporters to get involved.

The purpose of this blog is to allow students to post business questions, problems or ideas.  Then all participants will be able to read advice and recommended solutions from our wide audience of women business owners and supporters.

This is how it works:

To read or comment on an existing blog, simply come to the website and click on the Student/Mentor tab.  Or you can enter this address into your browser:  http://www.ieew.org/category/student-and-mentor-blog Read the rest of this entry »

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Student posting – need mentor response
April 22nd, 2009

: Rwanda

My name is Gloria Uwizera. In addition to my business Glo Creations, I’ve recently partnered with 3 people, and opened a retail space called “African Gift Corner”. We sell baskets, handmade gifts and of course, my Batik dyed t-shirts, wall hangings, bags and cushion covers.
We are very interested in exporting our products.We have no idea where to start. Is there anyone is currently involved in export/import that could give us some advice?

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Meet The Women You Can Help

‘09 Graduate Creates Business Brochure

Farzana Ibrahimi has created a new brochure for her business in Afghanistan, Kandahar Health & Development Organization. Way to go, Farzana!

Click here to download Page 1 of brochure
Click here to download Page 2 of brochure

Technorati Tags: Afghanistan, brochure, business

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2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

Welcome to the PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS 2009 information section.
Whether you are just looking, learning, thinking about becoming contributor to the Institute or you are considering applying to become a mentor to our 2009 students, this page contains important facts you’ll want to know!
Women all over the world are embracing the [...]

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Journal Record story on PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

Peace through business
by Heather Caliendo
The Journal Record August 26, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY – On a simple bridge in a quiet backyard, a Rwandan and an Oklahoman take a moment to reflect on their journey.

“We have a great relationship,” said Angie Hendricks, president and chief executive of Bentley Hedges Travel Services in Oklahoma City. “But I [...]

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OETA Covers Peace through Business

Lori Rasmussen from OETA’s Oklahoma News Report covers PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS students, Saudah Nalule and Roqia Sajjadi, who mentored in the Oklahoma City area. Click here to learn more about OETA.

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Rezai Shahrbanoo*

Rezai operates the Afghanistan Women & Men Development Organization at Jawzak Village.   AWMDO has been open since September 2008 and is in the business of processing and packaging almonds.  Comparing her operation to that of local processing, Rezai has been able to improve in the areas of  quality control, production control and packaging.
AWMDO employs 24 [...]

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Mariam Yousufi*

After leaving Pakistan, where she was a refugee, Marian traveled to Afghanistan and started a handy craft business under the name Mariam Handy Craft.  She eventually created “Mariama Education and Culture Association” which  trained 370 women in tailoring and literacy.  She now sells the goods made by these women.
* Denotes that student has been selected [...]

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