A FILIPINA entrepreneur rose to the occasion and spoke at a gathering for the Cartier Women’s Initiative at the National Gallery in Singapore during International Women’s Day on March 8. READ:
For the past 15 years, the Cartier Women’s Initiative has brought together a diverse community of 262 women impact entrepreneurs from 62 countries who are tackling a range of social and environmental issues. The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs.
She said that her parents broke out of poverty by earning their college degrees, and while in university, saw fellow students drop out due to the lack of resources to go on with their education. “Higher education is such a powerful tool for success — but not everyone has access to it,” said Ms. Bayombong, speaking from the Cartier Women’s Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
Ms. Bayombong spoke about her experience in joining Cartier Women’s Initiative. “I literally had no expectations of getting in,” she said, citing that 2,000 other businesses had applied to join in 2018. “My perception of myself as an entrepreneur prior to Cartier — I was just a female entrepreneur who was very small, in the Philippines.
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