The 2007 Laureates

The Laureates of the first 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 12, 2007.

The 2007 Ceremony

The 2007 Laureates were selected from an application pool of 360 projects of which 14 entrepreneurs participated in the Finals in France. Discover the week of the Finals in this video.

Africa
Lucie Avoaka

Santa Maria Medical Center
Côte d'Ivoire

In Africa, quality medical care - especially preventive care - can be expensive and difficult to find. Lucie Avoaka's Santa Maria Medical Centre aims to change that by providing a range of medical services...

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Asia
Nandini Phandi & Yasmina McCarty

GreenMango
India

The dotcom revolution of the late 1990s proved the viability of electronic sales tools. But if you live in a country where the Internet isn't readily accessible, how can you take advantage of new communications...

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Europe
Bettina Götzenberger

Lomaslegal
Spain

In Spain, as in many other countries, obtaining sound legal advice can be a complicated and costly process. Bettina Götzenberger aims to change all that with her idea of legal consultation shops that...

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Latin America
Antonia Sanin

The Globe
Colombia

Seeking to combine her passion for education, her love of children, and her sharp entrepreneurial ambition, Antonia Sanin has devised a plan to fuse her interests into a coherent business plan. Her...

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North America
Angel Chang

Angel Chang LLC
United States

Raincoats that light up, clothing that not only changes color, but has natural resistance to body-odor, or simply knickers with built in controls for your iPod... If Angel Chang has any say in the matter, clothes...

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