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Womenable Virtual Reference Shelf



Key reports and other publications to support your women's enterprise development efforts!

Here is a listing - including links - of reports that we believe should be key publications on your women's enterprise development reference shelf.

The American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses Report: A Summary of Important Trends, 1997-2012, authored by Womenable. (See also Womenable's blogpost commentary on the report.) (March 2012)

The American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses Report: A Summary of Important Trends, 1997-2011, authored by Womenable. (See also Womenable's commentary on the report.) (March 2011)

Calvert Investments: Women's Empowerment Principles

Canada: Prime Minister's Task Force on Women Entrepreneurs - Report and Recommendations English (October 2003)

Canada: Groupe de Travail du Premier Ministre sur les Femmes Entrepreneures - Rapport et Recommandations French (October 2003)

European Microfinance Network: Fostering Gender Equality document page (web site with links to reports)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2010 Women's Report (December 2011)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2007 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship and Executive Summary (May 2008)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2006 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship (March 2007)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2005 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship (March 2006)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2004 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship (May 2005)

International Center for Research on Women: Bridging the Gender Divide: How Technology Can Advance Women Economically (March 2010)

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index (2009)

United Kingdom, Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Enterprise Strategy, including a summary of women-related initiatives (March 2008)

United Kingdom, PROWESS: State of Women's Enterprise in the UK (November 2007)

United Kingdom, Small Business Service: A Strategic Framework for Women's Enterprise (May 2003)

United Kingdom, Women's Enterprise Task Force final report, "Greater Return on Women's Enterprise"; UK government official response, "The Government's Response to the Women's Enterprise Task Force" (November 2009)

United Nations: UN-IANWGE & OECD-GENDERNET: Women's Economic Empowerment, Accountability & National Ownership, Summary Report of a Biennial workshop (February 2010)

United Nations: WomenWatch: Online Directory of Statistics and Indicators (web link)

UN: Various World Surveys on the Role of Women in Development

UN: The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics (October 2010)

UN: The World's Women 2005 (March 2006)

UN: The World's Women 2000 (March 2001)

UN Global Compact:
Women's Empowerment Principles

United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER): Female Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies (page with links to several articles) (August 2010)

UN Women: Page containing links to all World's Women reports (2012)

United States Census Bureau: 2002 Census of Women-Owned Enterprises (January 2006)

United States Department of Commerce: Women-Owned Businesses in the 21st Century (October 2010)

Winds of Change Foundation (U.S.): Women and the Economy: Mapping a Field (2003)

World Bank: Women, Business and the Law (web site & reports)

World Bank: World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development (2011)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2012 (October 2012)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2011 (October 2011)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2010 (October 2010)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2009 (October 2009)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2008 (November 2008)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2007 (November 2007)

World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 (December 2006)





Last Updated: February 23, 2013