In-keeping with the theme of reflective learning and both International Women’s Day and Mothering Sunday being observed in March, we thought it fitting to explore the idea of ‘Women and Empowerment’ with a few of our friends. As you read the contributions outlined throughout this write-up, I am sure you will agree that though womanhood may seem synonymous with motherhood, women are so much more and we salute them all.

The inaugural issue of BEYOND IYANOLA's publications, started in February, 2020 to commemorate the 41st anniversary of Saint Lucia's Independence. In this issue we celebrate members of the Saint Lucian Diaspora across the UK and Europe. As you read their views about the whole idea of independence, consider what it means to you. 

If you are a member of a diaspora community and you want to engage with the development of your country of origin this one pager will guide you through six steps to get your started as a transnational development actor. This Quick Start Guide is based on the International Organization for Migration's extensive experience supporting diaspora enagagment around the world from facilitating knowledge transfer to lowering remittance costs and promoting trade and investment.

Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports. The World Migration Report 2020, the tenth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world.

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The handbook “Doing Business- Practical Guide for migrant entrepreneurs”, is a guide thought as a tool to offer basic principles to those who want to set up a business, in Italy or in their countries of origin. The handbook is the result of IOM activities in support of migrant entrepreneurship which aim at enhancing the benefits arising from the circulation of people and knowledge. 

You’re holding a handbook for visionaries, game changers,  and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models  and design tomorrow’s enterprises. It’s a book for the . . . Business Model Generation. Written by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur. Co-created by an amazing crowd of 470 practitioners from 45 countries. Designed by Alan Smith, The Movement.

The step-by-step guide for building a great company by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. "Get out of the building"!    

This mapping of the Gambian, Guinean and Guinea-Bissau diasporas in Italy provides a demographic and socioeconomic profile of these diasporas in Italy. Through the collection and processing of primary and secondary data, the report outlines the current presence and the historical evolution of the migratory flows related to these three nationalities in Italy. It provides information on the educational background and employment status of these diaspora members as well as on remittances flows. Moreover, the report provides information on the associative networks of each diaspora in Italy.