About the initiative

Created in 2021, the Women for Change initiative is a platform providing visibility and opportunities for changemakers throughout the world. Millions of women are leading the change but lack the necessary recognition within the global impact ecosystem. Our ambition is to position them at the forefront of this emerging movement, solidifying their leadership and amplifying their impact.

KEY FIGURES

80% of the world's displaced people due to global warming are women

COP28: Despite 140 world leaders scheduled to speak, only 15 of them were women

5 times less funding for women entrepreneurs than their male counterparts

We help provide this space via two major highlights:

An annual flagship event at the Summit

Creating a conversation with key business, institutional, and civil society leaders on the tools and strategies to highlight the role of women in this transition and engage everyone in building a more equitable world./p>

A global campaign

Featuring 25 portraits of women who are going to have a significant positive impact on their community/country or the world over the next 10 years.

What’s planned in 2025?

2025 will be the year to celebrate the form of leadership championed by women, as it is more crucial than ever to demonstrate how it leads us toward long-term change, how it fosters the creation of a fairer society, and paves the way for a more sustainable world.

The 25 portraits from the campaign will be unveiled at the Summit, through a unique exhibition at the heart of the Grand Palais, and will be celebrated during the Women for Change momentum, featuring the conference and networking session on Thursday, April 24th.

With the support of our official nominators

JOIN US ​

  • To attend the Women for Change conference, you need a ChangeNOW ticket

  • If you are a potential sponsor, you can request via this link an invitation to the networking session after the event – limited number of guests available

Why CHANGENOW

Our job is to identify and highlight positive impact entrepreneurs who do not have access to the visibility, recognition and business opportunities they deserve. These resources are key for their growth.

WHY WOMEN​

And in this context, it is known that women have even less access to this visibility, recognition and business opportunities for several reasons, be it lack of sponsorship, biased funding processes or others.ChangeNOW has become, in four years, a real accelerator of solutions but also a legitimate platform for visibility on social and environmental issues.

So we wanted to do something, at our scale.

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