WISE - The Women's Initiative for Social Entreprene | Ashoka

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Led by Ashoka Arab World’s Regional Director and Vice President of Ashoka Global, Iman Bibars, The Women’s Initiative for Social Entrepreneurship is a movement to redefine success and lead a paradigm shift in how the innovative ecosystem defines, recognizes, and funds impact. Our theory of change at WISE is that there are 3 types of scaling: scaling up (laws and policies), scaling out (large areas or populations), scaling deep (mindsets and cultural norms) Women have an impact through all three types of scaling, but the ecosystem, especially funders, only recognize scaling out. If we redefine success to include all three types of scaling, women’s impact will be recognized and celebrated more at every level, which will catalyze more sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. How have we learned to do this over time – first and foremost … to listen to groundbreaking work done at grassroots level, listen to the leaders in communities, to bring out the best practices that

WISE - The Women's Initiative for Social Entrepreneurship A global initiative led from the global South that aims to elevate the number, knowledge, and power of women in social entrepreneurship by redefining success from a gendered lens and celebrating the unique ways in which women successfully lead and make impact. Ashoka Global 0 % Of the Fellows are Women 1st Global WISE Panel 0 Women Fellows Elected From 7 countries ChangemakHERS 0 Active Users on the Platform WISEUp Event 0 Speakers & Partners Introducing WISE Led by Ashoka Arab World’s Regional Director and Vice President of Ashoka

WISE - The Women's Initiative for Social Entreprene | Ashoka

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