The 2008 Laureates

The Laureates of the second edition of the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards were announced at the Annual Global Meeting of the Women's Forum in Deauville, France on October 17, 2008.

The 2008 Ceremony

The 2008 Laureates were selected from an application pool of 430 projects of which 15 entrepreneurs participated in the Finals in France. Discover the week of the Finals in this video.

Africa
Mame Diene

Karistal
Senegal

For generations, African women have been soothing and nourishing their skin with shea butter - a moisturising paste derived from the revered shea nut. Senegal has an abundance of shea trees, but...

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Asia
Renee King

Tamang Timpla Food Inc.
PHILIPPINES

A recent graduate of Ateneo de Manila University with a major in Business Management, Renee Francesca King is motivated to turn Tamang Timpla Foods Inc., her food startup dedicated to pure and...

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Europe
Laura Chicurel

Chicurela
United Kingdom

Fashion and fishing don't seem the most likely partners, especially when it comes to eco-friendly initiatives. But that's exactly what happened when Laura Chicurel came up with a novel approach to...

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Latin America
Cynthia Guy

Instituto de Implantes Cocleares
Panama

On the morning of April 16, 2006, Dr. Cynthia Guy woke up to find that her 84-year-old husband Stuart had suddenly become totally deaf. Months of strained communication and despair followed...

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North America
Mona S. Jhaveri

Foligo Therapeutics
United States

Ovarian cancer is often referred to in medical circles as a 'silent killer' because it is notoriously difficult to detect. A lack of accurate screening tests or clear early symptoms mean that most women who...

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