345:, became a W4 Ambassadress in 2014. She explains why she came to support W4: "I think women have to care about other women and fight for the ones who can't. I think it is one of the most important fights to lead right now. I work with a web platform called Women's World Wide Web, W4, and they do the funding for lots of different charities around the world. I also think women are the solution."
25:
309:
to design a printed t-shirt that reads, "The
Mighties – Live ‘n Loud at W4", illustrating both women's resourcefulness and strength, as well as the importance of amplifying women's voices and voicing support for girls' and women's empowerment around the world. Pablo donated 100% of the sales of the
256:
W4's mission is to enable social investors to contribute—either financially, through crowdfunding; or in-kind, through mentoring and the sharing of skills—to innovative, grassroots girls' and women's empowerment projects around the world, in developing and developed countries. These field projects
175:
iming to empower girls and women to find their own solutions to driving development. By establishing field projects across Africa, Asia, Latin
America, the United States, and Europe, W4 works to ensure the protection of girls' and women's
285:
The desire of "social investors" (members of the general public or company employees) to make rewarding contributions by sharing their skills, in addition to having a financial impact. This trend (as seen in the domain of
180:
and girls' and women's access to the constituents of development: in particular, access to technology, healthcare, schooling, earning opportunities, the exercise of their rights, and political participation.
212:
and later for 6 years with the Paris-based humanitarian organization, Children of Asia, which operates educational sponsorship programs in
Southeast Asia. In 2008, Nefesh-Clarke trained with
279:
The immense opportunities to leverage ICTs: connecting e-Mentors and e-Mentees; enabling the contribution of skills/expertise and the completion of work across geographical boundaries;
527:
471:
257:
cover such fields as education, training, healthcare, financial services (microfinance and crowdfunding), access to information and communication technologies (
305:
W4's most recent sponsor (since
January 2014) is Parisian clothing brand Pablo which teamed up, in Fall 2014, with W4 Ambassadress, French actress, and model
522:
375:
290:) is uncovering immense human and economic potential. Our e-Mentoring program aims precisely to leverage such potential to the most fruitful ends."
273:
W4 enables platform users to give financially to grassroots projects and to offer non-financial support by contributing their skills and expertise.
282:
The need of our grassroots field projects for support, skills, and know-how to assist in the start-up/scaling-up or running of their operations;
223:
Nefesh-Clarke developed the business plan for W4 in the framework of a year-long ‘International
Consulting Project' during her Executive
429:
72:
287:
54:
35:
242:
276:
W4 explains on its website: "The e-Mentoring program has been developed in response to several important global trends:
411:
265:
aims to raise awareness of the economic and development opportunities that girls and women's empowerment strives for.
485:
393:
115:
50:
299:
168:
322:, an experienced mountaineer known for becoming the youngest Bangladeshi woman to reach the summit of
342:
330:, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres; the first Bangladeshi woman to climb
306:
193:
189:
British-born social entrepreneur, Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke, is the
Founder and Managing Director of W4.
232:
205:
298:
W4 has worked hand-in-hand with several companies and institutions, including the clothing brand
197:
245:
2010 (March 8, 2010) with her ESCP-Europe colleagues and an international team of volunteers.
220:, obtaining a qualification to implement microcredit programs for the alleviation of poverty.
443:
361:
237:
319:
217:
110:
46:
516:
457:
323:
135:
118:
335:
334:, the highest peak in Europe; and the first Bangladeshi woman to reach the peak of
331:
213:
177:
160:
228:
327:
164:
122:
201:
444:"9 Nouveaux projets soutenus par la Fondation Raja-Danièle Marcovici"
209:
486:"Clémence Poésy Wants You To Stop Being Mean To Your Fellow Woman"
412:"How to Create a Brighter World For Developing Countries by 2020"
248:
The W4 crowdfunding platform has been online since
January 2012.
231:
business school in Paris. Named "MBA Student of the Year" by the
506:
326:. She is also the first Bangladeshi woman to successfully climb
258:
224:
163:
platform dedicated to women's empowerment. W4 is a registered
18:
241:
newspaper in 2009, Nefesh-Clarke officially launched W4 on
261:), culture and the arts, and the environment. W4's blog
376:"MBA Alumni Profile Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke, ESCP Europe"
148:
42:
430:"Le sac Charlotte le Bon pour Comptoir des Cotonniers"
501:
53:, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a
216:in Bangladesh, founded by Nobel Peace Prize Winner
144:
128:
106:
98:
90:
200:in New York. She worked for several years in
8:
394:"Portrait of a Women: Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke"
85:
302:and the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation
84:
167:organization in the United States, and a
73:Learn how and when to remove this message
171:in France (Association "Loi de 1901"), a
353:
338:, the highest mountain in Antarctica.
34:contains content that is written like
7:
318:One of W4's first Ambassadresses is
528:International women's organizations
458:"Clémence Poésy for Pablo new face"
523:International development agencies
362:"Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke Biographie"
14:
310:t-shirt to W4's field projects.
23:
288:corporate social responsibility
1:
472:"Bangladesh on seven summits"
157:Women's World Wide Web (W4)
544:
502:Women's WorldWide Web (W4)
341:French actress and model,
243:International Women's Day
86:Women's WorldWide Web
111:Operating public charity
300:Comptoir des Cotonniers
196:, Nefesh-Clarke joined
169:non-profit association
102:Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke
55:neutral point of view
194:Cambridge University
269:E-mentoring program
233:Association of MBAs
87:
47:promotional content
446:. Raja Foundation.
294:Corporate partners
198:Human Rights Watch
192:After her B.A. at
49:and inappropriate
154:
153:
83:
82:
75:
535:
490:
489:
482:
476:
475:
468:
462:
461:
454:
448:
447:
440:
434:
433:
426:
420:
419:
408:
402:
401:
390:
384:
383:
372:
366:
365:
358:
119:exemption status
88:
78:
71:
67:
64:
58:
36:an advertisement
27:
26:
19:
543:
542:
538:
537:
536:
534:
533:
532:
513:
512:
498:
493:
484:
483:
479:
470:
469:
465:
460:. Gérard Darel.
456:
455:
451:
442:
441:
437:
432:. Cosmopolitan.
428:
427:
423:
410:
409:
405:
392:
391:
387:
374:
373:
369:
360:
359:
355:
351:
316:
296:
271:
254:
238:The Independent
187:
140:
113:
79:
68:
62:
59:
40:
28:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
541:
539:
531:
530:
525:
515:
514:
511:
510:
504:
497:
496:External links
494:
492:
491:
477:
463:
449:
435:
421:
403:
385:
367:
352:
350:
347:
343:Clémence Poésy
320:Wasfia Nazreen
315:
314:W4 Ambassadors
312:
307:Clémence Poésy
295:
292:
270:
267:
253:
250:
218:Muhammad Yunus
186:
183:
159:is a European
152:
151:
146:
142:
141:
139:
138:
132:
130:
126:
125:
108:
104:
103:
100:
96:
95:
92:
81:
80:
51:external links
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
540:
529:
526:
524:
521:
520:
518:
508:
505:
503:
500:
499:
495:
488:. Refinery29.
487:
481:
478:
473:
467:
464:
459:
453:
450:
445:
439:
436:
431:
425:
422:
417:
413:
407:
404:
399:
395:
389:
386:
381:
377:
371:
368:
364:. spark news.
363:
357:
354:
348:
346:
344:
339:
337:
333:
329:
325:
324:Mount Everest
321:
313:
311:
308:
303:
301:
293:
291:
289:
283:
280:
277:
274:
268:
266:
264:
260:
251:
249:
246:
244:
240:
239:
234:
230:
226:
221:
219:
215:
211:
207:
206:Côte d'Ivoire
203:
199:
195:
190:
184:
182:
179:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
150:
147:
143:
137:
136:United States
134:
133:
131:
127:
124:
120:
117:
112:
109:
105:
101:
97:
93:
89:
77:
74:
66:
56:
52:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
21:
20:
480:
466:
452:
438:
424:
415:
406:
397:
388:
379:
370:
356:
340:
336:Mount Vinson
332:Mount Elbrus
317:
304:
297:
284:
281:
278:
275:
272:
262:
255:
247:
236:
222:
214:Grameen Bank
191:
188:
178:human rights
172:
161:crowdfunding
156:
155:
69:
63:October 2018
60:
45:by removing
41:Please help
33:
16:Organization
229:ESCP-Europe
227:studies at
517:Categories
474:. Richmix.
349:References
43:improve it
328:Aconcagua
165:501(c)(3)
123:501(c)(3)
202:Cameroon
129:Location
398:Glowing
252:Mission
185:History
145:Website
99:Founder
91:Founded
509:- Blog
507:Voices
380:TOPMBA
263:VOICES
210:UNICEF
173:VOICES
149:w4.org
259:ICTs
235:and
208:for
204:and
107:Type
94:2010
416:Inc
225:MBA
121:):
116:IRS
519::
414:.
396:.
378:.
418:.
400:.
382:.
114:(
76:)
70:(
65:)
61:(
57:.
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.