Awards
Our regional and thematic awards recognize and fund talented impact entrepreneurs from around the world who are leveraging business as a force for good.
Fellowship
The fellowship aims to provide our fellows with peer-, industry-, and academic-based educational programming for skills and leadership development and business growth.
Community
The community gives fellows lifelong access to a vibrant group of impact leaders, creating opportunities for engagement, relationship-building, and the development of social capital.
Insights
We aim to drive an active conversation about women impact entrepreneurs through content curation and research partnerships.
The best thing you can do in business is to empower women. It changes everything.
Latest Updates
Here are some exciting updates.
HEADED TO OSAKA
For the 2025 Impact Awards Ceremony, we are headed to Osaka, Japan. The Awards Ceremony will take place on May 22, 2025 where we will celebrate our 9 Impact Awardees during the 2025 World Expo.
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OUR DATA
We share insights based on our program data and have shared the application statistics from the 2023 and 2024 editions.
NEXT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The Call for Applications for the 2026 edition will open from April 18 to June 24, 2025. Stay tuned!
15-YEAR IMPACT REPORT
To mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Cartier Women’s Initiative, we look back on the program’s evolution and its impact. Going forward, our role is to create a global coalition of allies that can amplify that impact by leveraging our unique strengths: our community of fellows, our knowledge of the ecosystem, and our ability to activate different players in the space.
INSIGHTS FROM THE IMPACT REPORT
To assess the impact of the program, we fielded an online survey to our former fellows. Here are some key takeaways.
Accelerating Growth
Fellows overwhelmingly reported that the program boosted their self-confidence (90%) and gave them a sense of belonging (90%). They also frequently cited improvements in visibility (78%) and business strategy (66%).
Weathering the Storm
Many fellows successfully pivoted during the pandemic and emerged stronger than ever. Ninety percent of surveyed businesses were still in operation in 2020 and thirty percent of businesses reached more than 10,000 users.
Pioneering Innovation
Fifty-three percent of fellows surveyed report providing a product or service that is new to the world and 25% offer a product or service that is new in their country.