In honor of Pride Month 2021, our host Ken Jaques and CIPE's Asia-Pacific Program Officer Gibson Haynes invite Angel Romero, the Director for Partnership & External Affairs of the Philippines LGBT Chamber of Commerce, to join the podcast. Our organizations' partnership is CIPE's first program devoted to LGBTQI+ economic empowerment. Following up on our recent joint Manila Virtual Forum on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equality: "Recover with Pride", they discuss the challenges facing LGBTQI+ business owners and employees, both societal and economic, which effect us all, from the Philippines to the United States. Listen to learn how to help, not only this Pride Month but every month.

On this episode of Democracy that Delivers, the "Women in Business during the Pandemic" series brings our host Ken Jaques to Moldova once again. He is joined by co-host Natalia Otel Belan, CIPE Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, as well as our guest Olga Melniciuc, National Consultant on Women’s Economic Empowerment for UN Women Moldova and past President of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs from Moldova (AFAM). Listen to find out how Ms. Melniciuc and fellow women in business in Moldova are making the most of digitalization in order to adapt to the challenges of female entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On this episode of Democracy That Delivers, our host Ken Jaques is joined by Sarwagya Raj Pandey, the Research and Advocacy Officer at Bikalpa - an Alternative, a public policy think tank based in Nepal in partnership with CIPE's Asia Pacific Team. They talk about his firsthand experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people of Nepal both socially and economically, notably for small businesses and the tourism sector. Beyond a story of loss, Mr. Pandey tells a story of human triumph through community, innovation, activism, and collaboration in the face of catastrophe.