Cartier has opened nominations for its 2023 Women Initiative Awards for women impact entrepreneurs across the globe.
The annual international entrepreneurship program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a sustainable social and/or environmental impact.
For its 2023 edition, the program is expanding with the creation of new Regional and Thematic Awards.
Regional Awards:
The program is now covering 9 regions
In order to further increase its impact and refine its support to different regions, the program is expanding to 2 new regional categories: Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania.
3 fellows will be selected from each of the 9 regions.
Therefore, 27 awardees representing 9 regions across the globe: Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, South Asia and Central Asia, and Oceania will be announced in April 2023.
Thematic Awards:
Launch of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award In addition to the Science & Technology Pioneer award launched in 2021, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award will be created to encourage entrepreneurial solutions designed to close gaps of access, outcome or opportunities for communities that have been underrepresented or underserved. While the other regional and thematic awards of the Cartier Women’s Initiative focus on supporting women, this pilot award is open to all genders.
3 fellows will be selected for each of these 2 thematic awards: Science & Technology Pioneer Award, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.
Therefore, 6 awardees will be announced in April 2023.
The first-place awardee will take home US $100,000 in grant, while the second- and third-place awardees will respectfully receive US $60,000 and US $30,000.
The 33 awardees (27 Regional Awardees and 6 Thematic Awardees) will all benefit from tailored mentoring and coaching, media visibility, networking opportunities and in-person INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Program and/or INSEAD Executive Education Program (pending admission based on INSEAD’s eligibility criteria and selection process).
Application deadline: June 30th, 2022 at 2pm (CEST).
For more information, visit: https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/awards
