Women at the mentorship launch
and mentors from everywhere ,” says Dischinger . “ That makes all the difference for the mentors as well . They are all very senior in their careers , but they might have only worked in one country – now they ’ re being matched with someone from another country . So , it ’ s enriching for mentors as well as mentees , possibly in a wider way than other programmes .”
IWiM always wants to do more , and its only real limit is time . In terms of ambition , new projects for the organisation are always being thought up and planned out . As well as planning for next year ’ s mentorship programme , it is making substantial changes to its research team , boosting the numbers and areas of research and collaborating with more partners like Adam Smith International and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development .
Research is critical as many countries don ’ t collect data around women in the sector , which makes it more difficult to impact legislation , benchmark progress and make their
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