Coop Pank AS (“Coop”) has yesterday, 15th of December 2025, entered into its first synthetic securitisation transaction with the EIB Group, consisting of the European Investment Fund (“EIF”) and the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), aimed at supporting new lending to small and medium sized companies in Estonia with special focus on gender equality and environmental sustainability. Under this transaction, EIF will guarantee the portfolio in the amount of EUR 200 million of loans and leases (issued by Coop P ...

TOKYO: Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister while maintaining socially conservative positions in a nation still grappling with patriarchal norms. The 64-year-old politician, who admires Margaret Thatcher, secured leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday and will likely assume office later this month. She has committed to appointing a cabinet with “Nordic” levels of female representation, a significant increase from outgoing premier Shigeru Ishiba’s two fem ...

CGTN published an article on the 2025 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education ceremony, which coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Prize, held in Beijing on Friday. The article explores the critical role of science education in empowering future generations of women with the know-how and innovative capacity needed in an AI-driven era. BEIJING, Sept. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In rural Uganda, teenage girls once faced a stark choice: drop out of school to marry early, or struggle through classr ...