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VO Alyse Nelson: Women are this tremendous economic force in society. No country, no community, no corporation can afford to leave women behind and think they’re going to be able to compete in a global marketplace.
SUPER: Alyse Nelson
President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
SUPER: Rena M. De Sisto
Global Arts & Culture International CSR Executive, Bank of America Global Ambassador, United States
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Rena M. De Sisto: Women are 50% of the world’s population and they deserve to have the tools and the access to expertise to get them to a place where they are really fulfilling their potential.
GRAPHIC: The Global Ambassadors Program
A Vital Voices & Bank of America Partnership
VO Alyse Nelson: The Global Ambassadors Program is a unique, signature global mentoring program that’s really all about how do we accelerate women’s leadership and economic participation around the world.
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SUPER: Zoe Dean-Smith
Vice President, Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship,
Global Ambassadors Program, Vital Voices
VO Zoe Dean-Smith: The mentees that we are targeting are women who are at a tipping point in their business, professional, and leadership paths and the mentors that we bring in are women who have walked those paths already.
SUPER: Melissa Bodford
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO uBack Mentee, United States
Melissa Bodford: To learn who you are and what your weaknesses are and your strengths and what you can improve upon, you get a full immersion course into your future.
SUPER: Sarika Gupta Bhattacharyya
CEO, BD Foundation
Mentee, India
VO Sarika Gupta Bhattachary: My mentor actually helped me to think through my goals, clearly set priorities so that I can achieve success and create milestones for my business.
SUPER: Sbusisiwe Myeni
CEO, Imbeleko, Dr. Seni Myeni Foundation Mentee, South Africa
Sbusisiwe Myeni: I never thought I could get mentors that would give so much of themselves and help me to take our vision forward. It’s been a life changing experience for me.
SUPER: Xiomara Diaz Hopkins
Founder and Owner, The Garden Café, Granada Mentee, Nicaragua
Xiomara Diaz Hopkins: Being able to solve all those business challenges that you came with but also grow at a personal level. I learned how to empower people within my organization and in terms of numbers, we grew 38%.
GRAPHIC: Since 2012, more than 140 women from 65 countries have participated in the Global Ambassadors Program.
GRAPHIC: An average of 61% increase in sales & revenue growth
14% growth in the number of full-time employees 106% growth in the number of clients served
VO Rena M. De Sisto: Many of the mentees have turned around and started businesses where they’re employing more women.
VO Alyse Nelson: It doesn’t end right here with this program. The mentees will mentor others. Incredible research has shown when a woman is mentored she doesn’t just turn around and mentor just one person, she mentors many people.
Melissa Bodford: It is impressive that Bank of America invests with a partnership like Vital Voices to create this global ambassador program that truly lives up to its name because now we are all global ambassadors.
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Bank of America
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Learn more: bankofamerica.com/women
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