Goldman Sachs Invests in Women Through Education (1)　



Goldman Sachs Group, the international investment banking company, has launched a new program to provide ten thousand poor women with business education. The program, called 10,000 Women, will support partnerships between American and European universities and business schools in mostly developing countries. Partners will work together to establish or expand education programs lasting from five weeks to six months. Several partnerships may also offer full college degrees in business.

The 10,000 Women program hopes to expand into the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and throughout Africa. Sixteen schools have agreed to take part in the program so far. They include Columbia, Harvard and Stanford Universities in the United States. Other schools are in India, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania.

The Pan-African University in Lagos, Nigeria is also a partner. Peter Bamkoleh heads that university's Enterprise Development Services. He says about fifty women will receive training at the school every year. The women will take classes several times a week, then use what they have learned.

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国际投行高盛集团日前启动了一个商业项目，为1万名贫困妇女提供商业培训教育。这个项目计划联合美欧一些大学和大部分发展中国家的商学院共同对1万名妇女授课。合作者将一起工作来建立和推广这个历时5周到6个月不等的教育项目。一些合作者甚至可以提供正式大学的商学学位。

整个项目有望拓展至中东、亚洲、拉丁美洲和整个非洲。目前已经有16所学校同意加入到项目中来。其中包括美国的哥伦比亚大学、哈佛大学和斯坦福大学。其他学校分别位于印度、卢旺达、南非和坦桑尼亚。

位于尼日利亚首都拉各斯的泛非大学也是合作伙伴之一。该大学商业发展服务项目的主管Peter Bamkoleh表示，每年将近有50名妇女在该校接受培训。妇女将每周上几次课，然后将她们所学加以应用。





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