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Women’s Enterprise Scotland

Women’s Enterprise Scotland is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which works to create an entrepreneurial environment where women-led businesses can flourish.

The simple fact is that more women-owned businesses in Scotland means more money for the economy. Research shows that if the numbers of women-led businesses increased to equal those of men, our national bank balance would be at least 5% better off. That’s equivalent to a £7.6 billion boost to the economy, minimum.

​To make the most of this opportunity for economic growth – and to improve the gender gap in Scottish entrepreneurial activity – Women’s Enterprise Scotland aims for nothing less than the creation of a new norm for women in business.

​To do that,  WES inspires and support women to start – and then to grow – their own businesses. We advise and educate external partners and advocate for gender-specific enterprise support. We seek to influence policy-makers and opinion formers to recognise the economic contribution women-led business could make. And we champion women’s enterprise in the media, in Scottish society, and across the wider world.

​Alongside our partners, Women’s Enterprise Scotland aims to create a commercial culture where women-led business ownership is not simply an aspiration, but becomes a truly attainable, attractive and achievable option for women everywhere.

www.wescotland.co.uk


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  • A Gendered Perspective on Changing Demographics: Implications for Labour, Financial and Digital Equity
    • Abigail Hunt (Overseas Development Institute (ODI))
    • Carolyn Currie (Women’s Enterprise Scotland)
    • Fernando Filgueira (Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (CIESU))
    • Florencia Caro Sachetti (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Gala Díaz Langou (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Margarita Beneke de Sanfeliu (Fundación Salvadoreña Para El Desarrollo Economico Y Social (FUSADES))
    • Sarah Gammage (International Center for Research on Women (ICRW))
    • Reiko Hayashi (National Institute for Population and Social Security Research, Japan)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)
  • T20 Co-Chair Brief
    Economic Empowerment of Rural Women
    • Boris Branisa (Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD))
    • Carolyn Currie (Women’s Enterprise Scotland)
    • Graciela Hijar (Women’s Economic Imperative)
    • Helen Walbey
    • Lynne Cadenhead (Women’s Enterprise Scotland)
    • Mariela Magnelli (Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC))
    • Melissa Williams (The World Bank)
    • Narnia Bohler-Muller (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC))
    • Sandhya S. Iyer (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
    • Margo Thomas (Women’s Economic Imperative)

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  • Carolyn Currie
  • Lynne Cadenhead

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