Australia to celebrate all female founders on 19th November with a Virtual Event.
Announcement posted by Reconnect PR 12 Nov 2021
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Australia, 12th November 2021, The Australian arm of WEDO looks forward to celebrating female founders in Australia on the 19th of November. WEDO Australia and New Zealand have organised a virtual all day event for female entrepreneurs.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN was founded in 2013 to bring awareness to the 250 million girls living in poverty globally that deserve to be given a chance in life, while simultaneously inspiring and empowering the 4 billion women on the planet!
WEDO was started to empower, celebrate, and support women in business worldwide. WEDO works globally to empower women and girls to become active participants in the economy by igniting a network of women leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to initiate startups, drive economic expansion, and advance communities around the world.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organisation(WEDO) has had the 19th of November proclaimed by the United Nations globally. The objective is to empower women and girls globally to alleviate the gender gap and poverty.
Theme Rains, WEDO Ambassador for Australia says: “202 years. That's how long it's predicted it will take for women to achieve gender equality. Globally women-led startups attract less than 3% of VC funding.”
Global Ambassadors work globally to spread the WEDO grassroots mission and message to empower women and girls to become active participants in the economy by igniting a network of women leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs to initiate startups, drive economic expansion and advance communities around the world. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, WEDO builds and catalyzes the vital networks of like-minded individuals and organizations that women business leaders need to realize their full potential and change the world.
Nasdaq, Google For Start Ups, MIT Innovation Labs, WEGate - European Commission, Girls Scouts have all joined this year to Celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) as partners to bring awareness our mission is to empower the 4 billion women worldwide to be catalysts for change and uplift over 250 million girls living in poverty worldwide.
The Australian and NZ WEDO Ambassadors are: Theme Rains, Australia, Tara Singh, NZ, Peace Mitchell, Queensland, Rachael Ferguson, WA, Serina Bird, ACT, Caroline Kennedy, VIC and Candice Meisels, NSW.
Wendy Diamond, Founder/CEO Women Entrepreneurship Day Organization says: “Our message of supporting and empowering women in business to help uplift girls living in poverty is more needed, pivotal, and impacting now more than ever! It’s estimated that the global pandemic is having a deeper effect on women’s jobs, and gender inequality is rising. Women make up 39 percent of the world's employment force, but recently due to the pandemic have lost 53% of jobs worldwide.”
The WEDO Student and Global Ambassadors are celebrated in 144 countries and 110 universities. We convene Business Leaders, Government Officials and Civil society to collaborate and find solutions in critical areas of entrepreneurship ecosystems, education, and policy creation to empower women in business.
Wendy Diamond, Founder of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day concludes:
“Historically, women worldwide have been underpaid, undervalued, underrepresented, underfunded and underestimated. We are dedicated, determined and driven to change this global imbalance.The objective of our WEDO Ambassadors in 2021 is to strategically scale and deepen our impact globally.Empowering women worldwide and investing in their futures helps to drive and promote economic vitality and security locally and globally. Twenty-first century leadership skills, such as cooperation, communication, and sharing are more commonly associated with women. We want to celebrate the unwavering positives that women entrepreneurs bring to the global economy as well as inspire and support future generations of women entrepreneurs.”
To register for the virtual event please click here.
For more information please click here.
Theme Rains, Australian Ambassador, is available for media interviews.
Media Contact: Candice Meisels CANDICE PR candice@candicepr.com 0481 369 484
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Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN was founded in 2013 to bring awareness to the 250 million girls living in poverty globally that deserve to be given a chance in life, while simultaneously inspiring and empowering the 4 billion women on the planet!
WEDO was started to empower, celebrate, and support women in business worldwide. WEDO works globally to empower women and girls to become active participants in the economy by igniting a network of women leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to initiate startups, drive economic expansion, and advance communities around the world.