Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs

The success of Grameen Bank and other microcredit institutions prove that, when provided access to capital and appropriate support, women, their families, and communities flourish.

As reflected by Dr. Yunus’ and Grameen Banks’s recent award of the Nobel Peace Prize, the microfinance model of lending is sowing the seeds of entrepreneurial culture among millions of women around the world and moving them from poverty to prosperity.

For the past several centuries, the combination of entrepreneurial culture and Economic Freedom have repeatedly created tremendous wealth, lifted millions of people out of poverty, and fostered profound innovation and evolution of technology, culture, and human capacity.

We envision a world overflowing with peace and prosperity, co-generated through the entrepreneurial energy of women in developing countries, the marketplace, and a conscious culture of communication and collaboration embodied by women and men around the world.

In 2007, FLOW launched Empowering Women Entrepreneurs - an ongoing outreach, education, and engagement program - to celebrate the role women entrepreneurs play in economic and social development, call attention to the emerging global, women’s economic empowerment system, and facilitate broad-based engagement with the system. In March 2008, the campaign shifted to the name Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs, which we will soon reflect throughout this site and our communications.

You can download a paper on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and the Women's Economic Empowerment System by FLOW co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer Michael Strong. Below is a rendition of FLOW's conception of theAccelerating Women Entreprenerus Empowerment System and the AWE Campaign.