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Jul 4, 2011
2011 Finalists announced
The 2011 finalists were announced on July, 4th 2011. The six Laureates, each representing a geographical region, will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on the evening of October 14, 2011, at the Annual Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum in Deauville, France.+
Feb 15, 2011
Launch of Middle East and North Africa Award
The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, given on an annual basis since 2006 to five laureates, from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America will launch a new Award category for the Middle East and North Africa. The countries in this region were previously spread across Africa and Asia.+
Sep 14, 2010
One month to go
The 2010 Finalists are now preparing their trip to France, and are working with their coaches on the last step of the competition: the oral presentations in front of the continental jurors...+

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Mar 13, 2012
The Call for applications of the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards is now closed...
Thank you everyone for your kind support! The Finalists of the 2012 Edition will be announced in July, but we'll regularly be posting news on Facebook and Twitter so stay tuned!
Mar 8, 2012
Today, we're participating in the United Nations Office for Partnerships and the US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center Forum conference entitled "The role of business in empowering women"!
We're very excited to see some of our past Finalists and Laureates and meet new audacious and entreprenerial women!
Mar 7, 2012
Linda Ranvenhill, 2011 Finalist for Sub-Saharan Africa and Founder of Video Live will participate in the annual program of Wavelength.
What a successful year for our Finalists!
Feb 27, 2012
Our 2010 Finalist for North Amercia, Kavita Shukla, made it to TED!
Congratulations to her!
Nov 18, 2011
Yesterday, the Kauffman Foundation recognized Kavita Shukla's project, Fenugreen, as one of the most innovative young companies in the world by winning the grand prize of the Startup Open competition.
Fenugreen was selected among the 50 most innovative new companies in the world that the Kauffman Foundation "deemed to have the greatest chance of growing into game-changing firms that will move markets and create jobs".