{"id":56159,"date":"2023-05-26T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=56159"},"modified":"2023-05-26T01:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:23:54","slug":"globe-business-partners-with-womenbizph-to-mentor-new-generation-of-female-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/05\/26\/globe-business-partners-with-womenbizph-to-mentor-new-generation-of-female-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe Business partners with WomenBizPH to mentor new generation of female entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>With the aim of empowering more \u201cwomenpreneurs\u201d across the country by equipping them with the right business knowledge, tools, and innovations, Globe Business officially sealed the deal on their partnership with the Women\u2019s Business Council Philippines (WomenBizPH).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WomenBizPH is the lead private sector partner of the government, particularly the Department of Trade and Industry and the Philippine Commission on Women, and represents the Philippines in APEC and ASEAN events. They are also the Philippines\u2019 \u201cleading voice of women in commerce,\u201d serving as the platform to facilitate discussions on women\u2019s experiences in business and explore potential government policies and solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two organizations inked their partnership at the recent Women Lead Conference held in Dusit Thani Manila during this year\u2019s celebration of International Women\u2019s Day. The signing ceremony was led by Angeline Po, Product Marketing Head of the Globe Business MSME Group; Anne David, Integrated Marketing Head of the Globe Business MSME Group; Rosemarie Rafael, WomenbizPH President; and Mylene Abiva, WomenBizPH Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the conference, Po talked about how she, as a woman leader in a tech company, helps enable other women through technological innovations, and how she leverages these to balance her various roles, whether at work, at home, and in other endeavors. In relation to this, she also talked about how Globe Business\u2019 partnership with WomenBizPH will allow more women like her to expand their knowledge, skills, and network through different learning events and capacity-building activities throughout the year, which will be useful for their entrepreneurial journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One to look forward to is the Women Strong Network\u2019s Hybrid Trade Fair organized by WomenbizPH in partnership with Globe Business to give the network\u2019s members access to market their products both on site and online. Also brewing is the next Women 2 Women Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobe Business aims to support women entrepreneurs by addressing their unique challenges, including limited access to funding sources, operational hurdles, and lack of awareness for support networks and programs,\u201d Po said. \u201cThrough awareness campaigns and access to networks and resources such as digital solutions and innovations, we aim to alleviate the hurdles and concerns that come with growing a business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, the partnership\u2019s vision is to support women in businesses to help them maximize their fullest potential as women entrepreneurs to reach broader and bolder business horizons through digital adoption and transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs an advocacy group, WomenBizPH is an active force in looking for solutions to challenges that women in leadership and in business generally face,\u201d said Abiva. \u201cFurthermore, we seek to promote women-led and -owned enterprises through networking and through the use of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WomenBizPH is the lead private sector partner of the government, particularly the Department of Trade and Industry and the Philippine Commission on Women, and represents the Philippines in APEC and ASEAN events. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[33,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-56159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-globe-telecom","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}