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Driving change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs
The Cartier Women's Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.
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2025 Impact Awards

For the 2025 edition, the Cartier Women’s Initiative will proudly host another Impact Awards edition, dedicated to former fellows who have achieved extraordinary impact over the years.

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What We Do

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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.

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Fellowship

The fellowship aims to provide our fellows with peer-, industry-, and academic-based educational programming for skills and leadership development and business growth.

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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.

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Insights

We aim to drive an active conversation about women impact entrepreneurs through content curation and research partnerships.

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The best thing you can do in business is to empower women. It changes everything.

Cyrille Vigneron

Chairman of Cartier Culture & Philanthropy

Latest Updates

Here are some exciting updates.

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HEADED TO OSAKA

This year, our Awards Week will take place in Osaka, Japan during the 2025 World Expo. The Awards Ceremony will take place on May 22, putting the spotlight on our nine Impact Awardees.

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OUR DATA

We share insights about women impact entrepreneurs around the world based on our program and impact measurement data.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Call for Applications for the 2026 edition is now open. Apply until June 24.

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330
entrepreneurs supported since 2006
66
countries with at least one fellow
12.2M
in financial support since 2006
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OUR LATEST REPORTS

Our 2024 Annual Report presents the evolution of recent fellows' impact businesses after they joined the Cartier Women's Initiative community. This year, we also produced the 2023-2024 Fellowship Review, summarizing the contribution of the 2023-2024 fellowship to the fellows and their impact businesses. Explore the Cartier Women's Initiative community's impact and achievements in recent years.