Avasant Foundation is focused on Youth Empowerment through Education and Employment
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2 Apr 2020
Avasant Foundation's mission is to improve lives and communities by empowering youth in emerging economies through education, employment and entrepreneurship. Paula Lightbody of Jamaica shares her story of Avasant Foundation's impact in her life: youtu.be/lNf8pdoCKvQ
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18 Feb 2020
Avasant Foundation proudly congratulates our Executive Director, @Chitra_R_ on her recent recognition for the Red Ladder Women in Outsourcing award at @IAOP's #OWS20!
#womeninbusiness #womeninleadership #EmpoweringBeyond
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23 Dec 2019
Sending warm greetings to all for the holiday season and the year ahead!
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11 Oct 2019
Avasant Foundation invites you to join us in celebrating International #DayoftheGirl! #IDG19 The illuminating potential of these girls come alive in classrooms where we seek to equip our students with the #digitalskills they will need to prosper in the economy of tomorrow.
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8 Jan 2019
Twitter has hired Candi Castleberry-Singleton as its new vice president of inclusion and diversityHer approach to corporate drives for more diversity: Making sure it's "built in, not bolted on!
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2 Jan 2019
As we embark into 2019, let's make a commitment, Find something you want to change in your community and take the first step toward changing it. What matters isn’t the size of the step you take; what matters is that you take it.-@BarackObama
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24 Dec 2018
While technology adoption has been on rise in India in recent years, 2018 really saw Indian workplaces accelerating der digital journey, going beyond data-driven insights,to newer technologies such as IoT, AI, Robotics, Machine Learning, augmented and virtual reality & blockchain
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24 Dec 2018
The Digital World of Work is already a reality and will become the new normal in India’s workplace tomorrow- WorldBank
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12 Dec 2018
To live is to choose. But to live well, you must know who you are and what you stand for. Where you want to go and why you want to get there- Kofi Annan
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19 Nov 2018
The Stevie® Awards are the world's premier business awards for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run, The awards were presented on Nov 16, 2018 in NYC and I was awarded the gold in"Transformational Sourcing Relations Leadership.
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15 Nov 2018
A stronger pull for skills is needed from the private sector to shift the focus of students and schools away from the public sector, along with better systems for matching graduates with jobs and facilitating the transition from school work.
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15 Nov 2018
In this way, education systems can be the source of the skills required for diversifying economies and building dynamic private sectors that generate growth and jobs-World @WorldBank
15 Nov 2018
The large pool of unemployed graduates in MENA is both a waste of valuable human capital and a clear sign of a disconnect between education systems and potential employers. -World Bank
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15 Nov 2018
World Bank: One of world's highest rates of youth unemployment in MENA
The report also identified four key tensions that are holding back the region's education: The tensions between credentials and skills; discipline and inquiry; control and autonomy; and tradition and modernity
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15 Nov 2018
It maps out a strategy to tackle these tensions and unleash the power of education through a concerted push for learning, a stronger pull for skills, and a new pact for education among all national stakeholders in support of education reforms."
15 Nov 2018
Ikea wants to clean up India’s skies by turning waste into products fastcompany.com/90266964/ike…
14 Nov 2018
As the chair of the Women Empowerment and Diversity chapter , IAOP I invite you to joins us for an interesting thought provoking converstaion-Webinar on 15th November at 1:00 PM (NY time).
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13 Nov 2018
Join the converstaion brought to you by IAOP's Women Empowerment and Diversity chapter on Nov 15 at 1pm EST. Registration is now open at iaop.org/Content/23/162/4823
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