Women running ethical businesses seen worse hit by COVID than men
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Women who run ethical businesses were harder hit by the pandemic than their male counterparts, a United Nations-backed survey found on Wednesday, raising fears of another sector where women bear the economic brunt of COVID-19. From factory floors to shops, women have endured greater job losses and wage cuts due to the […]
Businesses doing good can reboot ‘fairer’ Africa after coronavirus
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Businesses doing good in Africa can create jobs for some of those hardest hit by the new coronavirus pandemic – the youth, women and the poor, British researchers said on Wednesday. Social enterprises, or businesses with a social purpose, employ up to 41 million people across Africa, said a study […]