Deadline: 19 October 2018
Nominations are open for the 2nd annual round of the Her Network Woman of the Year awards 2018 that is designed to publicly celebrate, showcase and honour women in diverse industries who are doing great work i.e positively affecting lives/changing the narrative through their work and leaving a legacy for generations to come.
The Platform seeks to celebrate all women whose work is of great impact to immediate and extended communities.
Categories
- Career: This category recognizes and celebrates a professional woman who works in the private or public sector and through her position, has impacted lives positively.
- Community Service: This category recognizes a woman who has demonstrated exceptional personal commitment to a particular social cause or underprivileged community. She will be celebrated for her selfless contribution of time and talent to this community or individuals within it.
- Education: This category will recognize a woman who has demonstrated zeal by developing a notable educational practice, evident in her commitment to grow and develop others generally or in specific fields of study. She may also be involved in the development, promotion and/or implementation of educational programs on an individual or institutional level.
- Entertainment: This category is dedicated to the woman who effortlessly combines wit and creativity to invoke feelings of happiness, hope and liveliness in people. She undoubtedly inspires and incites positive emotion in people through her chosen line of entertainment.
- Entrepreneurship: This category recognizes a woman who is building or leading a successful business. Her business must have been in existence for 0-3 years with measurable impact on clientele and the public in general.
- Healthcare: This category recognizes a woman in the health sector who depicts passion and dedication in her profession to care for the lives of people and health-related situations.
- Philanthropy: This category recognizes a woman focused on giving back to the society for any legitimate socio-economic cause, either by means of a foundation or as an individual. She must have made a visible and measurable impact in the lives of people or a community in the spheres in welfare, education and economic potential.
- Social Media: This unique category is dedicated to celebrating a woman who will be selected from a pool of outstanding women, from all spheres of life, within and outside Nigeria (Globally). This is one who through her virtual platform, inspires and delivers positively impactful content.
- Start-Up: This category recognizes and celebrates a woman who has identified and specialises in a niche through which she positively impacts lives via the operations of such business or platform. She must run a structured business with the potential to scale business operations which show elements of innovation and creativity.
- Tech: This category will recognize a woman in the health sector who depicts passion and dedication in her profession to care for the lives of people and health-related situations.
- Future: This category recognizes a young female entrepreneur below the age of 25 who lives an untold story of passion and perseverance towards a project or business. This young woman must be a graduate or undergraduate and have a good reputation with a high potential of building a successful business or platform
- Overall Achiever: This category is dedicated to honouring a woman of sophistication, style and resilience for hard work in comprising life and business situations. She will be recognised as an overall achiever across various industries as she balances these successes with personal life struggles in 2018. All nominees in any category will be eligible for this award irrespective of their number of nominations.
Criteria
- The award is looking for from nominees:
- a true leader who inspires others.
- has demonstrated a willingness to serve and assist other women in their personal and professional development and contributed to the successes of others as well as her own.
- empowers others to change their lives for the better.
- significant impact in her sector
- excellence, accomplishment, and creativity beyond the expectations of her position
- highly respected by her peers and is a role model for other women.
- The nominee must be a female who either resides, works or whose impact has been felt in NIGERIA (With the exception of the Social Media Category).
- Self-Nominations are encouraged.
How to Apply
Applicants can nominate themselves via given website.
For more information, please visit Woman of the Year Awards.