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Grameen America: Microfinancing Having a Macroeconomic Impact - An Interview with Andrea Jung
Source: https://sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/news/grameen-america-microfinancing-having-macroeconomic-impact-interview-andrea-jung July 20, 2021 By John Esler and Deepa Krishnamurthy Andrea Jung is the President and CEO of Grameen America. She is the former Chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., where she served as CEO from 1999 to 2012, and as Chairman from 2001 through 2012. Throughout her career, Ms. Jung ranked consistently among the top leaders on lists including For...
A temporary waiver of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement for the COVID-19 vaccine is essential to meet the number of doses of vaccinations required to achieve global herd immunity.
Yunus Centre Press Release ( 09/08/2021)An article written by Parsa Erfani, Agnes Binagwaho, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Muhammad Yunus, Paul Farmer, and Vanessa Kerry has been published in the British Medical Journal, on 3rd August 2021 titled " Intellectual property waiver for covid-19 vaccines will advance global health equity" which focuses on the importance of a temporary IP waiver to reach global needs. The article states the current vaccination figures show that the percentages of ...
Applications for YY Goshthi Fall 2021 Cohort are open now!
CALL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS!Applications for YY Goshthi Fall 2021 Cohort are open now! As the prime Social Business incubator in Bangladesh, YY Goshthi’s goal is to support young social entrepreneurs while they transform their communities by building Social Businesses. Apply to the YY Goshthi Incubation Program by YY Ventures, Powered by Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland - RVO, and commit your consciousness to be advocates of social change. Learn more and apply now at&n...
Yunus receives Olympic Laurel at Tokyo Olympics 2020 inauguration: Nobel Laureate urges athletes to create a world of “Three Zeros”
Photo Caption: Professor Muhammad Yunus holding the Olympic Laurel. Photo Credit: Lamiya Morshed/Yunus Centre Economist, civil society leader and Nobel Peace Prize awardee Professor Muhammad Yunus became the second recipient of the Olympic Laurel. He officially received the trophy during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, on 23 July 2021. The distinction was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to honour outstanding individuals for their achievements in educat...
11th Social Business Day held
Yunus Centre Press Release ( 08 July 2021 ) The 11th Social Business Day, hosted by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, took place from 28 June-2 July 2021, brought together more than 2,300 participants, globally from more than 110 countries ---with over 10,000 viewers on average per day on social media platforms and in some cases exceeding 20,000 viewers.The primarily virtual event, hosted live for 5 days on social media platforms also had on the ground sessions at Kampala Inter...
Grameen America Announces Programme to Achieve Racial Equity Through Investing $1.3 Billion in Loans to 80,000Poor Black Women Entrepreneurs
'ElevatingBlack Women Entrepreneurs' Initiative Will Leverage Leading MicrofinanceOrganization's Unique Group Lending Model and Infrastructure Built Over Morethan Dozen Years; Alethia Mendez to Lead Elevating Black Women EntrepreneursDivisionGrameenAmerica to Launch Initiative in New York City, Newark, NJ and Memphis, TN withFurther Expansion to Underserved Communities Across the U.S. NEW YORK, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grameen America, the leading microfinance nonprofit organizati...
YSBC Web Lecture Series - Lecture#17: The Aim of the Market Economy is to Achieve Social and Climate Justice.
Join us for the 17th session of our YSBC Web Lecture Series on “The Aim of the Market Economy is to Achieve Social and Climate Justice.” with Speaker, Emmanuel Faber, CEO, Climate and Social Business Activist, Rock Climber, and Moderator, James Chau, International Broadcaster and Host of The China Current. This engaging session will take place on 17th May 2021 at 4.00 pm Dhaka (GMT +6) and feature Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.To join us, please register at : https://zoom.u...
YSBC Web Lecture Series - Lecture#16: Social Business and Sports.
Join us for the 16th session of our YSBC Web Lecture Series on “Social Business and Sports.” with Speaker, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, and Moderator, James Chau, International Broadcaster and Host of The China Current. This engaging session will take place on 26th April 2021 at 6.00 pm Dhaka (GMT +6) and feature Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.To join us, please register at : https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QYd6fZUjTu2thWkgFOcw_QFor more...
Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok Launches “Yunus Professional Masters Degree”
Yunus Centre Press Release ( April 02, 2021)April 2, DhakaThe Yunus Professional Masters in Social Business and Entrepreneurship at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand was launched yesterday, March 31, in a global virtual ceremony organised by AIT. The programme was addressed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and AIT President, Professor Eden Woon. Professor Faiz Shah, Director of Yunus Centre at AIT, the Academic Head of Yunus Professional Masters Programme presented the deta...
International Training Workshop on Social Business
Yunus Centre is inviting you to participate in the upcoming “International Training Workshop on Social Business” which will be conducted in English and be taken place virtually on March 25, 2021.The training workshop will be jointly organized by Yunus Centre in Bangladesh and Universidad Externado de Colombia in Colombia. This intimate workshop will focus on really understanding the concept of social business and it will also help you to conceive a social business idea for solv...
It is Time to Redesign Economics
It is Time to Redesign EconomicsMuhammad Yunus The world is facing an unprecedented crisis with the Corona-virus pandemic. Day after day all the failures in our economic and social system, and in our thinking process are being revealed. We were aware of these failures all along, but we ignored them, and we let them grow worse each day. We knew about global warming, and that it is worsening as well as about wealth concentration, and that it is getting worse. We knew about the problems of pov...
Future of Mobility
Muhammad YunusI vividly remember one of my most memorable trips I ever made. In the year 1955, I was part of the boy scout group who got the chance to travel to Europe and North America to the 10th World Jamboree of Boy Scouts held in Canada. I was fifteen years old. It was an unforgettable journey full of inspiration that left a lasting imprint on my mind. For instance, it was quite an experience crossing the Atlantic both ways in luxury liner ships, watching the emergence of countries in Europ...
Concept Note on NOBIN EQUITY PROGRAMME (NEP) OF THE SOCIAL BUSINESS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND
Concept Note onNOBIN EQUITY PROGRAMME (NEP)OF THE SOCIAL BUSINESS VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDMuhammad Yunus January, 2021Three Social Business Venture Capital Funds have been created by three organizations: Grameen Telecom Trust, Grameen Trust, and Grameen Shakti Samajik Bybosha. These three organizations independently started operating a programme named Nobin Equity Programme (NEP), through these Funds. They follow common operational procedures.These Venture Capital Funds are de...
YSBC Web Lecture Series - Lecture#13: Role of Grameen Communications in providing technology support to leading microcredit institutions in Bangladesh.
Join us for the 13th session of our YSBC Web Lecture Series on “Role of Grameen Communications in providing technology support to leading microcredit institutions in Bangladesh.” with Speaker, Nazneen Sultana, Managing Director, Grameen Communications and Moderator, Prometheus Siddiqui, Board Member, Grameen Australia; Dana Asia (Singapore). This engaging session will take place on 10th February 2021 at 4.00 pm Dhaka (GMT +6) and feature Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.To joi...
Pandemic has given us an opportunity to protect the world from its suicidal path – Muhammad Yunus
English translation of an interview originally published in Brazilian newspaper, 'Estado de Sao Paulo' on 18 December 2020.Q. You wrote that we were on the brink of the abyss before Covid 19. Why do you think this? How and why did we get to this point?A: I am trying to point out the situation of the world as it existed in the pre-pandemic time. The pandemic has stopped the economic machine. So, the world has slid behind economically since pre-pandemic time. Now a strong effort is being made by a...
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