Maria received her first loan of $1,500 from Grameen America in 2011. Four years later, Maria is on her ninth Grameen America loan and her tire business is booming.
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Last week, a Pew Research report found that businesses owned by women and minorities lagged far behind male-owned firms in terms of revenue share.
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With her first microloan of $1,000 from Grameen America in 2011, Elvia started her business selling rebar to local construction companies.
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Grameen America partnered with Women Entrepreneurs of New York City (WE NYC) to provide our New York City borrowers with the tools necessary to build successful businesses.
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This Fourth of July, Grameen America is celebrating financial independence for the 50,000 women reached by our program who have been empowered to build small businesses and create better lives for themselves and their families.
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From CGI America in Denver, CO to the new Yunus Social Business Centre to be opened in Worcester, MA, there has been a lot of recent buzz about financial inclusion and entrepreneurship.
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The financial and social benefits of female economic participation are hard to ignore. For the sake of society at large, men and women alike need to work together to empower women to increase their involvement in the financial world.
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Do we need to "rethink our image of the entrepreneur"? In a Huffington Post article published today, John Kobara of the California Community Foundation writes about how Grameen America is supporting a new wave of entrepreneurs in Los Angeles.
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