FedEx Express and Hillary Clinton's NGO, Vital Voices Global
Partnership, have formed the alliance, "FedEx & Vital Voices Building the Future: Educating Women, Harnessing Potential", in order to support businesswomen in
Latin America.
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The alliance aims at empowering female business owners and
entrepreneurs. Vital Voices and FedEx Express will offer business education and
training including workshops where women can acquire and expand on their
technical and soft skills. Beyond that, seminars will cover essential business
topics such as export, business English, HR practises, marketing and
technology.
Juan N. Cento, president for FedEx Express, Latin American and
Caribbean Division, emphasised the importance of the private sector as well as the importance of supplying female business leaders with educational resources.
"[W]e believe that providing these women with access to education and resources they need to compete in the global marketplace is key to the long-tem prosperity of the region."
The results of a recently published survey about occupation and
employment in Mexico, showed a rise in the number of female business executives
and owners by 38.9% in 2011. Moreover, the 2020 Secarios Research Report expects Brazil's female workforce including businesswomen with their own staff to grow
from 24% to 42% by 2020.
"This alliance will expand access to education and needs-based training for members of the Latin America and the Caribbean Businesswomen's Network, enhancing their ability to lead their companies and communities forward", said Alyse Nelson, president and chief executive officer of Vital Voices.
FedEx Express as well as Vital Voices will provide women with
access to their capacity-building initiatives throughout the Latin American
region.
Source: FedEx Express
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