Bill Gates' commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world's poorest countries has stimulated an interesting discussion on what wou...
Zahidi Says Companies Not Tracking Gender Pay Gaps: Video March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Saadia Zahidi, director of Women Leaders and Gender at the World Economic Forum, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the role of women in the global workfor...
The Global Challenge Institute today announced the launch of The Katerva Challenge (www.katerva.com), a world-class, six-month event that uses competition, education, collaboration, and social media to solve universal problems that affect the worl...
/CNW/ - On March 9 & 10, the Ontario Science Centre and the British Council will co-host a live event connecting youth in Olympic host nations. They will discuss the challenges facing their countries as well as their hopes and proposed solutions f...
Sure, it's great to hang out at a hot-ticket business conference such as TED, Pop!Tech, or the annual meetings of The Clinton Global Initiative and the World Economic Forum. But these gatherings are steadily evolving beyond the standard conference...
Since last week’s entry was such a success with the readers, here are some more weekly updates from Global Changemakers HQ. And what a packed week it has been… Last Friday Gaby spent much of the day fighting the British Council computer system, al...
Having the right approach to globalization will define successful leadership in 2010. While financial institutions toppled in 2009, new industries were born. While industry incumbents struggled to survive, new entrants thrived. It’s in the sharp c...
According to a new study published by the World Economic Forum this week, women in nearly every country have not yet reached employment parity with men at private companies. The study -- based on surveys of 600 of the biggest private employers in ...