Goldman Sachs Invests in Women Through Education

Goldman Sachs Invests in Women Through Education
The global investment bank will give one hundred million dollars over the next five years to its new 10,000 Women program. Transcript of radio broadcast:
06 April 2008


This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

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.

Dina Powell is the managing director of Goldman Sachs. She says that 10,000 Women is not a “one size fits all” program. Each university decides what to teach to fulfill local needs. At the American University of Afghanistan, for example, women will study the general ideas of business management. But at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, the partner school will offer beginning and higher-level business classes to the first five hundred women. Such classes may include financial record-keeping, market research and advertising. Women also could learn how to write a business plan, do business over the Internet or gain investors.

Goldman Sachs plans to give one hundred million dollars to the 10,000 Women program over the next five years. It will also urge its employees to donate their time and knowledge in the classroom.

The program is based on a Goldman Sachs research report called "Women Hold Up Half the Sky." The research shows the powerful effects that working women have on their nations' economies and societies.

And that’s the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill Moss. You can find transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports at our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.


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高盛投资的妇女透过教育
全球投资银行将提供1.0亿美元，在未来五年内，以它全新的10000妇女节目。全文电台广播：
2008年4月6日

这是美国之音特别英语的发展报告。

高盛集团，国际投资银行业务的公司，已推出了一项新的计划，以提供1.0万贫困妇女与业务教育。该计划名为10000名妇女，将支持的伙伴关系，美国和欧洲的大学和商学院在多数发展中国家。合作伙伴将共同致力于建立或扩大教育计划，持久的，由5个星期至6个月。几个伙伴关系，同时也可能会提供充分的大学本科学历的生意。

为10000名妇女计划希望扩展到中东，亚洲，拉丁美洲和非洲各地。有16所学校已同意参加该计划至今。它们包括哥伦比亚，哈佛和斯坦福大学在美国。其他学校都在印度，卢旺达，肯尼亚，南非和坦桑尼亚。

泛非大学在拉各斯，尼日利亚也是一个合作伙伴。彼得bamkoleh元首认为，大学的企业发展服务。他说，大约五十妇女将接受培训，在校期间每一年。该妇女将采取班级一周几次，然后用他们的经验教训。

迪娜鲍威尔是董事总经理高盛。她说， 10000名妇女是不是"一刀切"的计划。每所大学的决定教什么，以满足当地的需要。在美国大学的阿富汗，例如，妇女会研究总体思路的商业管理。但在美国大学，在埃及开罗，伙伴学校将提供开始和更高层次商务班，以第一次500妇女。这样的班可能包括财务记录，市场调研和广告费用。妇女还可以学习如何写商业计划书，做的业务都在互联网上或收益的投资者。

高盛计划给亿美元，为10000名妇女计划在未来五年内。它也将敦促其员工捐出自己的时间和知识，在课堂上。

该计划是基于对高盛的研究报告，所谓的"妇女能顶半边天" 。研究表明，强大的影响，妇女工作，对他们国家的经济和社会作出贡献。

这也是该美国之音特别英语发展报告撰写的吉尔苔。您可以在这里找到誊本， MP3和播客我们的报告在我们的网站， voaspecialenglish.com 。