Slowing down fashion: Sustainable clothing and goods with Ethic Attic
WE Empower Challenge
Slowing down fashion: Sustainable clothing and goods with Ethic Attic
“Our goal is to be a one stop place for design conscious products that are sustainable and made with least negative impact on the ecology.”Rema Sivaram Rema Sivaram – Co-Founder
Clean, Safe Mukuru Clean Stoves: An economic opportunity for women
Mukuru Clean Stoves replace traditional stoves with improved cookstoves that reduce exposure to hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), have lower fuel consumption and reduce
Shabab Lab: Revolutionizing technologies to promote social change in Arab communities
Mona Itani – CEO & Founder of Shabab Lab – Lebanon 2021 WE Empower finalist, Middle East and North Africa Transforming Arab youth into changemakers in their community is the
Fly Technista: Providing tech opportunities for women around the globe
With over 1.4 million tech-related jobs available and only 3% of these roles filled by women, Fly Technista, a revolutionary mobile app, bridges the access gap for women within
Yetunde Oyalowo, founder of Market Doctors, Nigeria
2022 WE Empower Awardee, Sub-Saharan Africa Healthcare has become a critical focus in recent years, especially in Nigeria. Access to simple checkups and medicine is infeasible for millions of Nigerians
NaTakallam, a pathway forward and upward for refugees
Aline Sara – CEO & Co-Founder of NaTakallam- United States of America 2021 WE Empower Awardee, Europe and North America Dignity, Prosperity and International Opportunities The
Selva Nevada: Empowering Indigenous communities through biodiverse products
Catalina Alvarez has worked for over fourteen years on various projects that seek to improve the economic conditions of small rural producers in Colombia. Alvarez helped to
STEM Minds: Lessons on the Classroom
“Now more than ever, youth need to become self-directed, life-long learners. This means we need to alter how we teach and what we teach to unlock their full potential.”- Anu
The Live Green Company: Feeding the world with nature and science
Priyanka Srinivas started Live Green in 2018 with the vision to provide sustainable alternatives to the mainstream products of the food industry. She experienced the challenge of finding truly nutritious food first-hand due to so many concerning ingredients and practices behind much of what is available on grocery store shelves. In the last four years, the Live Green Company has been working to create a growing variety of plant-based, healthy products, and is now ready to start eliminating all of the synthetic ingredients and processes.
Eureka Tech Academy: Bringing quality tech learning to students in the MENA Region
Afnan Ali, the founder and the general manager of Eureka Tech Academy, is an electrical/communication engineer who received a diploma in social entrepreneurship. Based in Jordan, Ali is the founder and the general manager of Eureka - the first online tech academy for children and youth in the Arab World.
re:3D INC - Redefining technology: Bringing affordability and accessibility to all
With experience as a volunteer, a firefighter, a NASA employee, and an officer in the Air National Guard, Samantha Snabes is a women entrepreneur using her unique lived experiences to inform and scale her business.
Hands Over: Sustainable, community conscious construction
Modern building techniques used by most design and construction companies are not environmentally sustainable. Hand Over aims to transform the construction industry through the use of natural and renewable materials. Founded by Radwa Rostom, a multiple award winning civil engineer, Hand Over fosters sustainable development through its approach to individual projects, buildings and spaces in addition to directly providing homes for underprivileged communities.