Social entrepreneurship has been under scrutiny for several years now. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, there is less of a gender gap in social entrepreneurship : “of the world’s social entrepreneurs, an estimated 55% are male and 45% are female – a gender gap that is less pronounced than in commercial entrepreneurship”.
Nevertheless, many reports have highlighted the need for a better integration of women and gender minorities in the social economy, especially as social entrepreneurs.
This initial study of the Coop4Equality project, co-developed by DLI, collected data about gender mainstreaming in the European social entrepreneurship ecosystem to better understand stakeholders’ practices regarding gender equality and inclusivity and aims to answer the following questions:
How do the social entrepreneurship ecosystems mainstream gender-lens?
Is the social entrepreneurship ecosystem adapted to women entrepreneurs?
Does it take their needs into account?
Is there a good understanding of gender equality within this ecosystem?
by Lucia Klestincova – Originally posted on LinkedIn
Patriarchy is a real thing. The more you have to give to society, the harder it is. How to lessen the suffering? Check out this unique conversation with a founder of the Digital Leadership Institute, mother of four, policy influencer with decades of experience from Brussels to Washington, and my inspiration – Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, MBA
📣 How to deal with the overwhelm of women empowerment not really advancing? 🔦 Why did she choose her focus on women in democracy as a national security issue? 📡 How to get more women into cybersecurity, and once that’s done, how to inspire them to choose policy careers rather than much better paying tech business? 🇷🇺 The transatlantic differences in using women empowerment in AI as a national security strategy and how Russia managed to get it right? 🦋 Trap of ageism & sexism in the current paradigm forgetting native leadership talents of women?
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On 6 February 2024, Cheryl Miller, DLI Director, joined an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Microsoft panel on “Building a Skilled Cyber Security Workforce: Insights from OECD Countries,” taking place in Paris and online.
Digital Decade for Europe Skills Targets Embrace Gender Equity
Joined by experts from Poland, Ireland and France, Ms. Miller’s interventions focused on ways to increase participation of girls and women as ICT specialists in the EU, including in cybersecurity. She underscored that this is consistent with the aim of closing the gender gap in these fields articulated in the Digital Decade for Europe mission.
The OECD event also showcased results from two recent OECD reports:
“Building a Skilled Cyber Security Workforce in Europe” Report
“Building a Skilled Cyber Security Workforce in Five Countries” Report
“The first countries to recognize diversity in cybersecurity as critical to national and regional security will definitely reap the rewards,” Ms Miller concluded.
The Digital Leadership InstituteTeam is actively involved in outreach activities with partners and stakeholders around the world that promote ESTEAM* leadership by girls and women. Below are outreach activities in which DLI was involved in Fall 2023.
*Entrepreneurship and Art powered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
15 June 2023 – G20 Women20 India 2023 Summit (Mahabalipuram, India): On 15 June 2023 in Mahabalipuran, India, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, DLI Founding Director, joined the final meeting of the G20 Women20 India 2023 Presidency in her joint capacities as Co-HOD of the EU Delegation and Chair of the W20India Skills Development, Education and Labour Force Participation Task Force.
10-19 July 2023 – UN High Level Policy Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, New York): On 15 July 2023 in New York City, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, DLI Founding Director, joined a side-event hosted by the Women’s Major Group of the UN High Level Policy Forum on Sustainable Development, in her capacity as Co-HOD of the EU W20 Delegation and DLI Director.
16-19 September 2023 – UN SDGSummit 2023 (New York, New York): On 16-19 September in New York City, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, DLI Founding Director, joined the UN General Assembly convening of the SDG Summit 2023 and SDG Action Weekend, in her capacity as Co-Head of the EU W20 Delegation and DLI Director.
20 September 2023 – womenENcourage Conference (Trondheim, Norway): On 20 September, Katja Legisa, DLI Entrepreneurship Director, contributed to a panel on Interventions and Initiatives of Gender Inclusion in Academia and Industry, as part of the ACM womENcourage conference in collaboration with the EUGAIN, European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics, a COST Action funded by the European Union.
28 September 2023 – Rethinking Harmony in Asia 2023 (Online): 28 September, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, DLI Founding Director, provided a keynote on “Ensuring and Ethical and Safer Digital World,” as part of The Asian Network virtual conference on Rethinking Harmony in Asia 2023.
23-24 November 2023 – UNESCO STEM Alliance Conference (Venice, Italy): On 23-24 November in Venice, Italy, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, DLI Founding Director, joined a panel at the UNESCO STEM Alliance Conference as part of her recent UNESCO research on “Gender in STEM in Southeast Europe.”
To browse past activities with DLI and our partners, please click here. Be sure to also visit our calendar, sign up for the DLI Newsletter and follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram in order to keep up with DLI events and activities!
Find out here about W20 EU Delegation outreach activities in Winter 2023, including the 18 January meeting of W20 India 2023, the first W20 meeting of the G20 India Presidency with International W20 Heads of Delegation, attended by Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, W20 EU Co-Head of Delegation for 2023.
24 January 2023 – G20 Women20 EU 2023 Delegation KickoffMeeting (Online): On 24 January 2023, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck chaired the online 2023 Kickoff meeting of the Women20 European Union Delegation in her official capacity as Co-head of Delegation.
W20 EU Delegation members are actively engaged in outreach activities with our stakeholders around the world that promote feminist EU civil society and the interests of the girls and women of the European Union, the G20 nations, and beyond.
For upcoming events of the W20 EU Delegation and our stakeholders, please visit here, and to browse past activities, please click here.
