[June 2025]
Ready to scale your impact? Whether you’re an entrepreneur, innovator, or leader, these exciting opportunities—from global awards to regional grants and training programs—are designed to support women driving change in business. Explore funding, recognition, and resources to fuel your next big move.
Entries open for Cartier Women’s Initiative
Deadline: 24 June 2025
Entries are now open for the Cartier Women’s Initiative, an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs…[more]
Call for Nominations: Women in Ag Award
Deadline: 31 July 2025
The DLG is organizing this competition together with the “Women in Ag magazine”, which gives women from all over the world the opportunity to tell their stories and present their impressive achievements…[more]
How to Series 4: Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Procurement
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The UN Women is inviting applications to understand why and how procurement is a key enabler for gender equality and women’s empowerment…[more]
I Know Gender 13: Trade and Gender Equality Program
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The UN Women is inviting applications for its Trade and Gender Equality Program to develop and/or strengthen awareness and understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment as a first step towards behavioral change and the integration of a gender perspective into everyday work for all UN staff at headquarters, regional and country levels…[more]
Submit Applications for WeXchange 2025 Women STEMpreneurs Competition
Deadline: 9 July 2025
WeXchange 2025 Women STEMpreneurs Competition seeks to identify the most innovative and dynamic STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean to connect them with potential funding opportunities…[more]
Call for Applications: Women TechEU Project
Deadline: 4 August 2025
Women TechEU Programme is now open for applications to support women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe…[more]
Call for Applications: Export Readiness Online Training for Women
Deadline: 6 July 2025
Want to start exporting but don’t know where to begin? Apply for ShowcaseHER, a program aimed to empower women business owners in Africa with requisite skills to prepare them for the export market…[more]
Request for Applications: Timbuktoo Creative Ideation Programme
Deadline: 27 June 2025
The Timbuktoo Creatives Ideation Programme is designed to transform promising creative ideas into investable, sustainable ventures…[more]
Call for Nominations: Minara Business Recognition Awards 2025 (South Africa)
Deadline: 4 August 2025
The Minara Business Recognition Awards (MBRA) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the prestigious 2025 edition…[more]
Call for Proposals: Blue Accelerator Program for MSMEs (Papua New Guinea)
Deadline: 24 June 2025
The ‘Gutpela Solwara, Gutpela Bisnis’ joint programme of UNDP/UNCDF in Papua New Guinea is pleased to invite expressions of interest from micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Alotau, Milne Bay to participate in a ‘Blue Accelerator’ program…[more]
Apply for STEM is Everywhere – Female Founder Incubator Programme (South Africa)
Deadline: 20 June 2025
Are you a female entrepreneur in STEM? Ready to take your business to the next level? Join their innovative entrepreneur development program designed for female founders leading Science, Engineering, Technology, Mining and Manufacturing (STEM) businesses…[more]
Grants for the Development of Rural Women’s Entrepreneurship in Serbia
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Do you produce food – homemade jams, juices, cheeses, pastries, winter vegetables? Do you run a micro business, a cooperative or are you an entrepreneur? If yes, then this opportunity is designed for you…[more]
Social Innovation and Social Development Technical Support Program (Turkey)
Deadline: 30-Jun-25
The Ankara Development Agency has announced the 2025 Social Innovation and Social Development Technical Support Program to support the institutional capacity-enhancing efforts of local actors in Ankara…[more]
EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2025 (Malaysia)
Deadline: 30 June 2025
If you are an entrepreneur or have been inspired by one, do submit a nomination. They cannot wait to see who will be named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Malaysia 2025…[more]
