This was the 2nd year GroYourBiz was a leading partner for the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge—a  global business competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and inspiring entire communities to act to create the world we want by 2030.

The WE Empower Challenge honours five women entrepreneurs, one from each of the five UN regions, who are advancing the SDGs through their business practices. The opportunity recognizes their innovative work, provides capacity-building training sessions and high-level advocacy opportunities to the awardees, and ignites awareness about the valuable contribution women entrepreneurs can make toward the SDGs.

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Meet Our 2019 WE Empower SDG Awardees

Christelle Kwizera Water Access Rwanda GroYourBiz Global Advisory Board SDG WE Empower Awardee

UN Region: Africa

Christelle Kwizera

Rwanda

Lina Khalifeh SheFighter GroYourBiz Global Advisory Board SDG WE Empower Awardee

UN Region: Asia-Pacific

Lina Khalifeh

Jordan

Zoya Lytvyn Novopecherska Osvitoria GroYourBiz Global Advisory Board SDG WE Empower Awardee

UN Region: Eastern Europe

Zoya Lytvyn

Ukraine

Karla Ruiz Cofino Digital Awareness Program GroYourBiz Global Advisory Board SDG WE Empower Awardee

UN Region: Latin America & the Caribbean

Karla Ruiz Cofiño

Guatemala

Leah Lizarondo 412 Food Rescue GroYourBiz Global Advisory Board SDG WE Empower Awardee

UN Region: Western Europe & Other

Leah Lizarondo

United States of America