On June 9, three social entrepreneurs were rewarded at the Social Entrepreneurs Award Ceremony, organized by the PPR Foundation in Paris. Anne Roos-Weil, co-Founder and Managing Director of Pesinet, was one of them.
Francois-Henri Pinault gave the prizes in person to the winners, during a ceremony gathering the entire team of the Foundation and members of the Foundation’s selection committee.
PPR Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights works to fight violence against women and to support women’s empowerment projects. It notably does so by rewarding social entrepreneurship projects dedicated to women, their families and their communities.
The winners were selected for their projects’ ability to combine economic viability, social innovation and solidarity, and for their entrepreneurial skills. Each of them received a cash prize of 15,000 euros and mentoring by an employee from the PPR company. Medhi Benabadji, Director of Strategy at PPR, will accompany Pesinet for one year.
Francois-Henri Pinault expressed in his speech the importance attached by PPR Group to the cause of women and his personal commitment. He also indicated the growing importance of social entrepreneurship in creating economic and social value, especially in terms of job creation. “The entrepreneurial spirit is part of PPR’s DNA ” he recalled, to explain the choice of the PPR Foundation to support social entreprises dedicated to women’s empowerment.
Each winner, along with his PPR mentor, was then given the opportunity to present its actions to the audience before receiving the award.
The other two winners were also women: Sakina M’Sa, creator and director of the Trevo workshop, a work-based and “beauty-based” dressmaking integration enterprise dedicated to women with limited access to employment, in Paris, and Maria Teresa Leal, founder of Coopa Roca, a cooperative of women living in La Rocinha favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Congratulations to the three winners and a big thank you to the PPR Foundation. Keep up the solidarity and female entrepreneurial spirit!
More info on the PPR Foundation website >>
Photos credits: Eric Lefeuvre
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