The Cartier Women’s Initiative has one goal: to drive change by empowering female impact entrepreneurs. Since being founded in 2006, Cartier’s program has supported 297 impact entrepreneurs hailing from 63 countries, awarding more than $US7 million to women solving the world’s most pressing issues.
This year, the 11 first-place awardees were focused on food insecurity, period inequality, ethical artificial intelligence, and mental health. All 32 fellows were honoured at a glittering event in Paris, where the keynote address was delivered by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.
The Cartier Women’s Initiative had something else to celebrate: the launch of its Oceania category, created to recognise the extraordinary work being done by Australian and New Zealand impact entrepreneurs.
“In Australia, what we’ve been seeing even before the. “They’re creating a lot of impact. There’s a lot the world can learn from these businesses.”
