Robyn McLean’s entrepreneurial journey: Founder of Hello Period

Robyn McLean, co-founder and CEO of Hello Period, transformed her personal struggle with unreliable period care into a pioneering mission for sustainable menstruation products. Founded in 2017, Hello Period aims to offer high-quality reusable period products while normalizing conversations around menstruation and breaking societal taboos. “There’s too much stigma around periods - which is crazy given half the world will menstruate for around 40 years of their lives,” McLean told us.

Victoria Orozco’s entrepreneurial journey began in rural Argentina, a region often constrained by limited access to opportunities. Recognizing the widespread lack of resources and capacity to develop inclusive economic policies in similar regions across Latin America, Orozco founded and is now the executive director of Punto Labs, a consulting firm committed to supporting governments and decision makers in fostering inclusive economic growth.

Bharti Singh Chauhan is the founder and CEO of PraveenLata Sansthan & CarversIndia Trades LLP, a social enterprise whose mission is “to work for behavioral, social and economic transformation of girls and women by providing them community-based solutions in the areas of Education, Health & Safety and Sustainable Livelihoods.”

“Tac-Maz's vision is to achieve a society which is food secure in the face of climate change. With this vision, the enterprise highly includes the ‘leaving no one behind’ by

“There is a mum I know who is an engineer; she told me that she actively discouraged her daughter from studying science despite how much she loved it, because her

“I believe all of our work will be able to help create decent jobs for many Ethiopians/Africans without them having to move from place to place. And innovative professionals are

"We sell online courses focused on education that can help our students change their lives, break their poverty cycle, advance in their professional careers, and generate more income, whether it

“One of the challenges that we see is the fact that women hold themselves back. We need to inculcate the mindset that as a woman, one can be rich, one

Prior to founding Rated Power, Andrea Barber worked in a multinational engineering services firm. This field of work had an alignment to a male dominated industry which provided barriers to women progressing to management positions.

“Our mission is to change existing thinking and inspire others to use STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and maths) so they can solve the world’s most pressing problems.”  -Andy Blair

“Our mission is to empower women through breaking the social stereotypes and social stigma of women riding scooters and bicycles in conservative societies like Egypt,” -Menna Farouk Menna Farouk -

“My personal mission is to bring groundbreaking innovative solutions to communities and industries across Africa that add value to people’s lives while advocating for gender equality,” - Diana Mbogo Diana