2026 Awards Ceremony
June 10, 2026 - Bangkok, Thailand
Theme
Women Lighting the Path
Across the world, women impact entrepreneurs illuminate new possibilities for humanity. With courage, creativity and conviction, they transform obstacles into opportunities and ideas into impact.
Through their ventures, they pioneer financially sustainable solutions to pressing global issues. As founders, they challenge convention and redefine what leadership looks like. Their journey becomes a leading light, radiating far beyond individual achievements, and showing that progress shines brightest when it is shared.
This year, we gathered in Bangkok, a city alive with innovation and community spirit, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Cartier Women’s Initiative. There, where light is celebrated as a symbol of renewal and connection, we honored the women whose brilliance uplifts others and guides us toward a more sustainable, equitable future.
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Featured Speakers
Nualphan Lamsam (Madame Pang)
Chairperson of FIFA's Development Committee and President of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT)
Program
WELCOME REMARKS
Yanina Novitskaya
CEO, Cartier Southeast Asia & Oceania
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
South Asia and Central Asia
Anglophone and Lusophone Africa
East Asia
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Nualphan Lamsam
Chairperson of FIFA's Development Committee and President of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT)
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe
North America
Science & Technology Pioneer Award
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Cyrille Vigneron
Chairman, Cartier Culture and Philanthropy
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
Middle East and North Africa
Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Oceania
CLOSING REMARKS
Amal Clooney
Co-Founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice
ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
Artistic Performance
Radiant Passage
Choreography by Lordfai Navinda Pachimsawat, Bangkok Dance Academy
Radiant Passage is a contemporary dance performance exploring how courage, wisdom and possibility move between generations of women. Blending classical line with contemporary movement, the work traces a journey from individual action to collective impact. As light passes between bodies, it becomes a metaphor for guidance, shared experience and the momentum created when women step forward to lead change. Inspired by Thai temple candle lines, Kanok flame motifs and interconnected systems found in nature, the performance unfolds within an atmospheric world of sculptural light and cinematic staging. Rooted in the spirit of the Cartier Women's Initiative, Radiant Passage celebrates the power of women to illuminate pathways for others. What begins as one light becomes many, revealing how collective action can create a brighter future for communities around the world.
First-Place Awardees
Discover the first-place awardees across all our award categories.
Anglophone and Lusophone Africa
Louisa Gathecha
Bottle Logistics
East Asia
Jeklin Kim
GemGem Therapeutics
Europe
Angela Ursem
Food for Skin
Francophone and Subsaharan Africa
Mylène Fifamè
Irawo
Latin America and the Caribbean
Cristina Campero Peredo
PROSPERiA
Middle East and North Africa
Salma Tammam
Reme-D
North America
Keely Cat-Wells
Making Space
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Oceania
Alexandra Cannizzaro
Platform Zero
South Asia and Central Asia
Monika Shukla
Humble Bee
Science & Technology Pioneer Award
Isabel Pulido
NanoFreeze
Second-Place Awardees
Discover the second-place awardees across all our award categories.
Anglophone and Lusophone Africa
Céleste Tchetgen Vogel
eWAKA
East Asia
Ting Ye
BloomGEM
Europe
Elise Thorel
Marie Curry
Francophone and Subsaharan Africa
Adeline Pelage
Biscuiterie Bobo
Latin America and the Caribbean
Natalia Cano
Docokids
Middle East and North Africa
Nidal Tafah
MIRRIAH
North America
Vanessa Castañeda Gill
Social Cipher
Oceania
Rosie Dumbrell
Everform Therapywear
South Asia and Central Asia
Divya Kamerkar
Pinky Promise
Science & Technology Pioneer Award
Vida Gabriel
TerraFixing
Third-Place Awardees
Discover the third-place awardees across all our award categories.
Anglophone and Lusophone Africa
Susan Namirimu
Mtindo
East Asia
Hyojeong Kim
NomadHer
Europe
Hahyeon Park
Omena
Francophone and Subsaharan Africa
Alice Ndeh
Nwka
Latin America and the Caribbean
Maricruz Larrea Perez
Farmtastica
Middle East and North Africa
Vriko Yu
Archireef
North America
Alba Forns
Climatize
Oceania
Ruby Riethmuller
Womn-Kind
South Asia and Central Asia
Prakriti Gautam
Khetipati Organics
Science & Technology Pioneer Award
Dali Rashid
Genomines
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