Womenpreneur-Initiative

Womenpreneur-Initiative

Womenpreneur-Initiative is a not-for-profit organization aiming to advance women’s place in the entrepreneurial scene, technology, innovation & society, with a particular focus on MENA & Belgium. Since its establishment in 2016, Womenpreneur has reached 19,000 women across different countries, driving visibility, social impact, and resources for women in the ecosystem and beyond.

The organization has expanded to reach more than 500 women in different countries every year to help them grow scalable businesses, accompany them through the process of delivering their initiatives, and address the key challenges impacting the growth of female-led business initiatives.

Womenpreneur offers programs on women empowerment, entrepreneurship, and business development, providing various platforms to revisit and reconstruct better foundational beliefs and ideas on gender issues. Notably, the initiative has been nominated for the Change Making Initiative by the World Bank, organized initiatives and events for more than 3000 participants in the last 2 years, and has representatives in 10 countries.

Furthermore, Womenpreneur advises United Nations and European Union, corporate, and other international institutions on women’s empowerment, inclusion, diversity, and gender policy. It has been named among SE100 most inspiring Social Innovations and Social Entrepreneurship initiatives by Social Enablers. Womenpreneur has been actively involved in SDGs discussions and has helped to draft resolutions and recommendations designed to promote women empowerment.

Representatives and members of Womenpreneur have spoken in more than 40 countries at universities, panel discussions, and international events. The initiative has also garnered media attention, being featured in various channels and media such as the Huffingtonpost, Devex, PeopleTV, El Pais, NATO Association, Le Matin, and Orange Magazine.