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Supporting women entrepreneurs

Women Empowerment Award

Our Women Empowerment Award aims to help female entrepreneurs and their social enterprises generate social impact in the low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Every year, fifteen entrepreneurs with solutions for health, nutrition and sustainable agriculture related challenges receive a cash prize along with participation in our tailored empowerment program including active investor feedback and access to our global alumni network.

Female entrepreneurs play a key role in
advancing the lives of their communities

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Why support female entrepreneurs?

Female entrepreneurs play a key role in the fight against poverty and in advancing the development of the regions in which they operate. However, the female social entrepreneurship journey is marked by major challenges: Lack of funding, discrimination and missing networking opportunities are only a few obstacles. We want to support the brightest minds who jointly pave the way for a fairer tomorrow with their health, nutrition, and agricultural solutions.

What’s in it for female entrepreneurs?

  • €25,000 cash prize
  • Tailored coaching to reach your business goals
  • Access to Bayer Foundation & Bayer’s expert network
  • Visibility through branded communication activities
  • Final award ceremony
  • Alumni Network

What are we looking for?

Female entrepreneurs

 

Regardless of their initiatives and ideas, female founders face great challenges that hinder their success. The Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award aims to enable their ability to create social impact through groundbreaking innovation. We are looking for women-led, women-managed or owned enterprises that help drive social change and improve their communities.

 

Social Impact Focus

 

We want to empower female founders active in health, nutrition, and agriculture. Women who want to jointly advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 3 (Good Health & Wellbeing). Women who want to decrease inequalities create perspectives and lift each other.

 

Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

 

Although female founders face obstacles all across the globe, this challenge focuses on entrepreneurs from the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) – Latin America, Africa & the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. This opportunity is a prime incentive to take centre stage and accelerate their innovations towards a healthier future.

Who are the previous winners?

What are the timelines?

The Women Empowerment Award is an annual program. The application period starts in the beginning of each calendar year. The next application phase will start in January/February 2025. This year's award program is powered by Impact Hub Network. You can find all details here: Impact Hub (bayerfoundation-wea.com).

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Impact of the Women Empowerment Award

Our Women Empowerment Award winners drive impact to different UN Sustainable Development Goals with their social businesses.

 

Please find here the Bayer Foundation Impact Database on Loompact.