Singapore National Committee for UN Women and MasterCard Launch Second Edition of Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World

Digitally-led CSR initiative inspires youth changemakers to empower women and girls in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa through entrepreneurship.

Mumbai, March 1, 2012: Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012, the Singapore National Committee for UN Women, MasterCard and academic partner INSEAD, are once again joining hands to launch Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World.

As with last year’s iteration, this year-long digital and social media driven initiative aims to inspire young people across the world to take action to empower disadvantaged women and girls in Asia/Pacific, the Middle East or Africa.

Project Inspire presents 18-35 year olds with a 5-minute platform to pitch their inspired idea to the world and win a US$25,000 grant. The grant must show creativity and sustainable impact in the lives of women and girls across Asia, Pacific, the Middle East or Africa. To qualify for the USD 25,000 Women’s Empowerment grant, the project must meet the following requirements:

• The program must enable disadvantaged women and girls to attain sustained livelihood through entrepreneurship.
• Beneficiaries must be women or girls in Asia/Pacific, Middle East or Africa
• Must be an existing women’s empowerment program
• Submissions can take form as 5-minute pitch video or 1-page written proposal
• Participants can be men or women from anywhere in the world

Feeling Inspired?

Call for submissions opens on 8-March 2012 in celebration of International Women’s Day. Bookmark www.5MinutesToChangeTheWorld.org where you can submit your entry for a chance to win the USD 25,000 Women’s Empowerment Grant.