WEDO Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organisation
The Makers Space, Tala
17 November - from 5pm
Guest attendance at this corporate event is free of charge – registration essential @
Cyprus (00357) 99-156277 notablewomenwed@gmail.com
MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2025 from17.00hrs
Formal Presenter: Ms Viola Edward WEDO CY Co-Ambassador
Proudly Representing:
THE NYABINGHI DRUM CIRCLE - “Spiritual Roots of Reggae”
&
PERFUMORA - “Creator of fragrances for King Charles and Queen Camilla”
The Makers Space, proudly supporting and hosting WEDO
A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN - 2025 “Theme: Embracing The Arts & Culture”
WEDO (Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization)
CY WEDO 2025 Event, Hosted (with gratitude) by THE MAKERS SPACE, Agios Neophytos Avenue Paphos CY
The event aims to raise start-up funding in support of Female Entrepreneurship
About Women’s Entrepreneurship Day - (Proclaimed date November 19)
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN was founded in 2013 as a non-governmental, non-racial, non-gender, and non-political volunteer non-profit organization. Our movement was established to bring awareness to the 250 million girls living in poverty globally that deserve to be given a chance in life, while simultaneously inspiring and empowering the 4 billion women on the planet!
WEDO was started by social entrepreneur and humanitarian Wendy Diamond, to empower, celebrate, and support women in business worldwide. WEDO works globally to empower women and girls to become active participants in the economy by igniting a network of women leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to initiate start-ups, drive economic expansion, and advance communities around the world. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, WEDO builds and catalyses the vital networks of like-minded individuals and organisations that women business leaders need in order to realise their full potential and change the world.
Our movement accelerates and educates the world on the importance of why it’s pivotal to empower women in business globally. WEDO convenes Business Leaders, Change Makers, Government Officials and Civil Society to collaborate and find solutions in critical areas of entrepreneurship ecosystems, education and policy creation to empower women in business. WEDO is celebrated at the United Nations and in 144 countries and 65 universities/colleges internationally. When women are elevated financially, communities and countries prosper. It builds a global blueprint to alleviate and eradicate poverty.
Today, women account for 85 percent of consumer purchases and control $20 trillion in global spending. At the same time, they perform 66 percent of the world’s work (both paid and unpaid) yet only earn 10 percent of the world’s income. In the U.S., there are approximately 10 M woman-owned businesses, generating $1.3T in revenue and employing 7.8 M people. This number is expected to increase by 90 percent in the next five years, with 500,000 new businesses being created each year in the U.S. alone. At the same time, 1 in 3 women in America lives in poverty and of the 1.3M people living in severe poverty globally, 70 percent are women and girls.
Women in developed and developing nations alike are becoming increasingly active participants in local and global economies at a rapid rate. Today, in the United States, 38% of new businesses are founded by women, but only between 2-6% of them receive VC funding. One recent survey of 350 woman-owned tech start-ups revealed that 80% of founders used their own savings to launch their businesses. At the same time, an increase of women in leadership positions from zero to just 30% is associated with a 15% increase in profitability. Women are the world’s most responsible borrowers, paying back microloans worldwide today at a 97% rate of return. 90% of the money they earn is used to educate their children and to provide for their families.
Since the first WEDO, we have grown our organisation to become a powerful network for women in business, and have reached over 5 billion people. WEDO has been extensively covered by global media outlets, including, MERCEDES: The Power of Female Entrepreneurship, FORBES: Best Way to Save the World: Put Women In Charge, FOX NEWS: Beyond the Dream: Women Helping Women.
Contact Information:
WEDO elected Cyprus Global Ambassadors:
Ms Janice Ruffle & Ms Viola Edward
WEDO Cyprus legal Advisor: Female Human Rights/Gender Equality:
Ms Stephanie Georgiadou
Cyprus (00357) 99-156277 notablewomenwed@gmail.com
FB Page: WEDO Cyprus
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