Name of the Event: 2025 Changing Faces Women's Leadership Seminar
Date: 2 - 15 June 2025
Place: Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, Hawaii
Mode: In-person
Working language: English
Last Date of Application: 11 February 2025
Link to Apply:
The Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar focuses on the vital role that innovation and entrepreneurship play in contributing to economic growth, job creation, and strengthening communities. During this 12-day professional training, dialogue, and travel program, participants engage in a series of workshops focused on leadership and entrepreneurship.
Eligibility:
The Changing Faces Seminar targets women business owners and social entrepreneurs who have demonstrated leadership and ability to affect change and influence others in their communities.
Innovative entrepreneurs, business managers, government and industry policymakers, and civil society leaders with at least seven years of work experience and who play a leadership role in their community are eligible to apply.
Eligible countries include the United States, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sāmoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste, Tonga, and Vietnam. Women from Hawaiʻi are particularly encouraged to apply!
Funding:
The Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar is funded by the East-West Center, the Fish Family Foundation, and others.
Funding supports the participation of six to eight women from the United States and the Asia Pacific region.
A full scholarship is estimated at US$3,500/per participant and includes the following programmatic costs -
Interisland airfare from Oʻahu to Kauaʻi
Ground transportation and airport transfers throughout the 2025 program
Lodging on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi for 12 days of the 2025 program
Program meals and a modest per diem to cover meals not provided throughout the 2025 program
Pro-rated speaker honorariums and training workshops
Individually tailored host mentorship
Cultural activities and networking opportunities
Participant resource materials
Experienced facilitators with knowledge of regional and women’s leadership issues
All Changing Faces Women are responsible for their own roundtrip airfare to and from Honolulu, visa related expenses, health insurance, and baggage fees.
We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - changingfaces@eastwestcenter.org
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