The Cartier
Women's Initiative Awards are an international business plan competition
created in 2006 by Cartier, the Women's Forum, McKinsey & Company
and INSEAD business school to identify, support and encourage projects by women
entrepreneurs.
The mission
of the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards is threefold:
- To identify and support initial-phase
women entrepreneurs through funding
and coaching - To foster the spirit of enterprise by
celebrating role models in entrepreneurship
- To create an international network of
women entrepreneurs and encourage
peer networking
The Cartier
Women's Initiative Awards aim to encourage the most vulnerable category of
entrepreneurs in their most vulnerable phase: women entrepreneurs starting up.
Since their inception in 2006, they have accompanied over 100 promising female
business-owners and recognized 32 Laureates.
