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Top Schools Join Goldman Sachs for 10,000 Women

12 March 2008

Goldman Sachs launched an initiative on 5th March to improve the entrepreneurial and managerial skills of women in developing economies and will provde $100 million over the next five years to fund it. Called "10,000 Women" it will increase the number of under-served women receiving a business and management education and improve the quality and capacity of business and management education around the world. Currently seven US and one UK business schools/universities will team up with universities in eight different developing nations to provide programs, mentoring, research and partnerships for the project.

The schools currently involved are:

Wharton
Harvard
Columbia
Stanford
University of Michigan (William Davidson Insitute)
Brown
Thunderbird
Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK.

Their counterpart partners will be:

The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya
University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
School of Banking and Finance, Kigali, Rwanda
University of Cape Town GSB, Cape Town, S Africa
American University of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan

The six core themes of 10,000 Women are to:

10,000 Women Over Five Years Will Receive a Business and Management Education
Build Quality and Capacity Through Global Business Sister School Partnerships
Establish Mentoring and Post-Graduation Support for Women Entrepreneurs
Work with Leading Research and Women's Development Organizations
Develop Partnerships in the United States to Help Disadvantaged Women
Commit $100 Million in Addition to the Time and Dedication of Goldman Sachs People

For further information visit: www.10000women.org.