With the North American Leaders Summit kicking off this week in Mexico City, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and Amazon today announced a new public-private partnership in support of the Academy for Women. Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Latin America and American Spaces in Mexico. This new public-private partnership, launched during the US-Mexico bicentennial of bilateral relations, will support the Department’s and Amazon’s shared priorities in advancing gender equity, economic competitiveness, education and development.
Now operating in over 100 countries, the Department established AWE in 2019 to provide women entrepreneurs with the knowledge, networks and access they need to launch or grow successful businesses. Amazon will help provide program support to this year’s AWE entrants in southern Mexico, including competition seed funding and access to Amazon learning products for more than 100 women entrepreneurs. Amazon’s contribution will also support AWE participants in Brazil. In addition, the Department and Amazon will expand the reach and impact of American Spaces in Mexico. American Spaces – a vital US diplomatic tool – are open-access learning and meeting places around the world that promote interaction between local communities and the United States. There are more than 570 American Spaces in 130 countries around the world.
This public-private partnership aligns with the US National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality and the US Strategy on Women’s Global Economic Security by promoting female leadership and expanding education and economic development opportunities for underserved communities in the South. Mexico and Brazil.
Amazon’s partnership with the Department reflects its longstanding commitment to strengthening the sustainability of local communities and actively promoting female leadership in the workplace, marketplace and community.
For more information, contact ECA-Press@state.gov. Follow @ECAatState on social media for program updates and highlights.
