Dear Colleagues

Please see email and see link below whereby an opportunity exists for loans for women entrepreneurs.

Kindly share with other women entrepreneurs.

Regards

Lyapa

Begin forwarded message:
From: Karen Dukess <karen.dukess@undp.org>
Date: 14 May 2018 at 6:08:08 PM CAT
To: Gender Seal CoP <gendersealcop@undp.org>
Cc: BPPS Gender Team Leaders <bpps.gender.team.leaders@undp.org>
Subject: SDGs&Her competition for women-owned or led microenterprises
Dear colleagues,

Please help UNDP spread the word about SDGs&Her, a competition for women who own and/or lead microenterprises. UNDP along with UNWomen are partnering with the World Bank, which has organized this competition.

The submission phase of the competition closes on June 30, just less than two months away. We hope that you can share information about SDGs&Her via social media and to all your partners, especially country-based organizations and CSOs that support women owned/led micro-enterprises. For social media, please look at the sample tweets below or draft your own and pair them with powerful, positive images of women entrepreneurs from your country/region.

Please note that for this initial year of the competition the website and entry materials are only in English.

Here are the facts:

Who is Eligible: Women who own and/or lead microenterprises (1-9 employees; businesses under USD $10,000 loan eligibility OR annual sales under $100,000).

To Enter: Complete a short online template, describing their work and showing how their initiative/product helps achieve one or more SDGs.

Prizes: The top winners will be recognized at an event at the margins of the 2018 UN General Assembly High-Level Week in New York. The stories of the winning women entrepreneur (and many other notable entries) will be shared through partners’ social media and websites.

Partners: World Bank Group, Wharton Business School Zicklin Center, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN_Women

Deadline: June 30, 2018.

To enter click here or visit: http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sdgs-2030-agenda/brief/sdgs-and-her?cid=ECR_TT_worldbank_EN_EXT for details.

Sample tweets:

Hashtag: #SDGsandHer
Tags: @UNDP @UNWomen @Wharton @WBG2030 @WorldBank

Women who run and own businesses are helping us achieve the #SDGs. Enter your #SDGsAndHer story and win a trip to #NewYorkCity in September! http://wrld.bg/zsxW30jVME6
Tag: @UNDP @UN_Women @Wharton @WBG2030

Calling all women #smallbiz owners! Show how your business promotes sustainable development through #SDGsAndHer. Win a trip to #NYC for #UNGA this September: http://wrld.bg/zsxW30jVME6
Tag: @UN_Women @UNDP @Wharton @WBG2030

Are you a woman #smallbiz owner? Is your biz bringing the #SDGs to life in your community? Enter the #SDGsandHer competition to win a trip to #NYC for #UNGA in September: http://wrld.bg/zsxW30jVME6
Tag: @UN_Women @UNDP @Wharton @WBG2030

Many thanks for your support.