Cartier recently announced the eight laureates of this year’s edition of the jewellery house’s Women’s Initiative. The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurial programme for women that aims to highlight and support projects that are driving important aspects of sustainable, social or environmental change.
This year’s edition is a little bit different. Before, there were seven existing Regional Awards – one for Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia and Oceania.
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The 2021 edition sees the debut of the Science & Technology Pioneer Award, a new category that aims specifically to support female entrepreneurs who are working at the forefronts of scientific and technological innovation.
The theme of this year’s Women’s Initiative is the “Ripple Effect”. Namely, the ways women changemakers’ projects and works have an influence and impact on generating positive change in the world. It sounds lofty, and the international jury had to whittle down to just eight laureates from among 876 applicants from over 142 countries.
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Each category – seven regional, and one in science and technology – sees a laureate, as well as second and third runner-ups. The former receive US$100,000 in prize money each, and the latter US$30,000 each – all of them benefitting from tailored training, workshops, media and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to join an INSEAD (one of the world’s largest and leading graduate business schools) impact entrepreneurship programme.
Ahead, get to know the laureates of 2021 and the incredible work they’re doing.