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There was a time when global policy was made entirely by men — in rooms full of men, for a world that conveniently forgot that women made up half of it.

That time is ending.

And one of the most powerful forces driving that change is G100 — a global women's leadership network that is not just asking for a seat at the policy table. It is building its own table and inviting the world to sit at it.

From a Women's Network to a Global Policy Engine

Most people think of G100 as a women's leadership network. And it is. But it is also something far more powerful — it is a global policy engine that is actively shaping the laws, frameworks, and decisions that govern billions of people's lives.

Through years of research, collaboration, and advocacy, G100 has developed the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework — a comprehensive 10-principle, 100-recommendation policy blueprint that is now being presented to the most powerful institutions on earth.

The G20. The United Nations. The European Union. The G7. ASEAN. SAARC. QUAD. And governments across 100 countries.

This is not lobbying from the outside. This is women leaders writing the policies themselves and demanding they be adopted at the highest levels of global governance.

What Is the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework?

The ELLEGOSSÉ Framework is G100's master policy blueprint for gender equality. It is built around 10 core principles — Education, Legislation, Leadership, Empowerment, Governance, Ownership, Security, Sustainability, Solidarity, and Equality.

Each of these 10 principles contains 10 specific, actionable policy recommendations — resulting in 100 concrete policies that address every dimension of gender inequality across every sector of society.

These recommendations cover equal pay legislation and enforcement, women's access to capital and investment, gender-responsive governance and political representation, women's safety and security laws, girls' education and scholarship programs, women's land and property ownership rights, maternity and paternity leave policies, women's healthcare access and reproductive rights, gender equality in technology and digital access, and sustainable development policies that center women's leadership.

Together these 100 recommendations form the most comprehensive women's policy framework ever presented to global institutions — and G100 is ensuring they are heard at every major international forum.

G100 at the G20 — Women's Voices in the World's Biggest Room

The G20 is the forum of the world's 20 largest economies — representing 85% of global GDP and two thirds of the world's population. When the G20 makes decisions, the world feels them.

G100 has been actively engaging with G20 processes to ensure that gender equality is not an afterthought in global economic policy — but a central pillar of it. Through official submissions, side events, and direct engagement with G20 delegations, G100 women leaders are making sure that the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework's recommendations find their way into G20 communiqués and action plans.

Because economic policy that ignores women is not just unfair. It is economically irrational. And G100 is making sure the G20 knows it.

G100 at the United Nations — A Voice for Millions

The United Nations has long been the world's most important forum for human rights and gender equality. G100's engagement with the UN — through forums like the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework — ensures that women's leadership voices are consistently and powerfully represented in UN deliberations.

G100's policy recommendations align directly with UN SDG 5 — Gender Equality — and support the broader SDG agenda by demonstrating that gender equality is not a standalone goal but the foundation of every other development objective.

When women are educated, economically empowered, safe, and represented in leadership — poverty falls, health improves, conflict reduces, and economies grow. G100 carries that message to the UN every single time.

Country Chairs — Bringing Global Policy Home

G100's policy work does not stop at international forums. Through its network of Country Chairs in 100 nations, G100 ensures that the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework's recommendations are also being advocated for at the national level — in local parliaments, government ministries, and policy bodies across every continent.

This top-down and bottom-up approach to policy advocacy is what makes G100 uniquely powerful. Change is being pushed simultaneously from the halls of the UN and the G20 all the way down to national governments and local communities.

That is how you create systemic, lasting change. And that is exactly what G100 is doing.

Why This Matters for Every Woman on Earth

You might be reading this and thinking — what does G20 policy or UN resolutions have to do with my everyday life?

The answer is everything.

The laws that determine whether you get equal pay. The policies that decide whether your daughter gets a scholarship. The frameworks that govern whether women can own property, access credit, or run for office. These are all shaped by the decisions made in global policy rooms.

And for the first time in history, women are not just in those rooms. Through G100, women are writing the agenda.

Be Part of the Policy Revolution

G100 is proof that women's leadership is not just good for women. It is good for the world. And the policy work G100 is doing — from the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework to G20 engagement to UN advocacy — is creating the legislative foundation for a genuinely gender-equal world.

The revolution is not just happening in offices and boardrooms. It is happening in policy halls, international forums, and government chambers across the globe.

And G100 women leaders are the ones driving it.

There is a quiet revolution happening in the global economy.

It is not being led by the biggest corporations or the most powerful governments. It is being led by women — in home offices, in local markets, in digital storefronts, in startup hubs, and in boardrooms across every continent on earth.

Women entrepreneurs are changing everything. The way businesses are built. The way profits are distributed. The way communities are served. The way economies grow.

And G100 — through its ecosystem of free global platforms, sector-specific Wings, and dedicated economic empowerment programs — is one of the most powerful forces accelerating that revolution.

The Rise of Women Entrepreneurship — A Global Force

The numbers tell a story of extraordinary potential — and extraordinary untapped opportunity.

Women currently own or operate an estimated 252 million businesses worldwide. Female-led businesses are growing faster than the global average in almost every region of the world. Women entrepreneurs are more likely than their male counterparts to hire other women — creating a multiplier effect of economic empowerment that ripples outward through entire communities.

Research by the Boston Consulting Group found that businesses founded by women deliver more than twice as much revenue per dollar invested than businesses founded by men. The International Finance Corporation estimates that women-owned small and medium enterprises represent a $1.7 trillion financing opportunity — the majority of which remains completely untapped.

The potential is staggering. The reality is that women entrepreneurs are still held back by a deeply unequal playing field.

Female founders receive less than 3% of venture capital investment globally. Women-owned businesses are more likely to be denied bank loans — or offered them at higher interest rates. Women entrepreneurs in developing nations often face legal and cultural barriers that prevent them from registering businesses, owning property, or accessing formal financial systems.

The talent is there. The drive is there. The ideas are there. What is missing is the access, the networks, and the platforms that give women entrepreneurs the same opportunities their male counterparts take for granted.

That is exactly the gap G100 is built to close.

How G100 Supports Women Entrepreneurs — Five Powerful Ways

G100's support for women entrepreneurs is not a single program or initiative. It is a comprehensive ecosystem of platforms, networks, and advocacy systems that address every barrier women entrepreneurs face — from access to capital and markets to mentorship, policy advocacy, and global visibility.

1. SHEconomy — A Free Global Marketplace for Women Entrepreneurs

At the heart of G100's economic empowerment work is SHEconomy — a free e-commerce platform built specifically for women entrepreneurs worldwide.

SHEconomy gives women entrepreneurs something that money cannot easily buy — access. Access to a global marketplace where their products and services can reach international buyers. Access to a community of fellow women business owners for support, collaboration, and shared learning. Access to tools and resources that help them grow their businesses sustainably and profitably.

For millions of women — particularly in developing economies where local markets are small and access to international trade is limited — SHEconomy is genuinely transformative. It is the bridge between a talented woman with a great product and a global market that is ready to buy it.

2. G100 Business Wings — Sector-Specific Entrepreneurship Support

G100's 100 Wings include several specifically focused on women's entrepreneurship and business leadership — including wings dedicated to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Business Accelerator, Business Networking, Business Chambers and Partnerships, and Entrepreneurial Education.

Each of these Wings is led by a Global Chair who is herself a senior business leader — and who brings deep sector-specific knowledge, networks, and advocacy experience to her work supporting women entrepreneurs in her field.

By being part of a G100 business Wing a woman entrepreneur gains access not just to a general women's network but to a community of the most accomplished women in her specific industry — along with the mentorship, connections, and advocacy support that community brings.

3. WICCI — Building Women's Business Power Across India

For women entrepreneurs in India G100's economic empowerment work is powered by WICCI — the Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

With over 600 councils spanning every state and sector in India WICCI is one of the most powerful women's business networks in the country. It advocates for gender-friendly business policies at the national and state level, connects women entrepreneurs with investors and corporate partners, drives leadership training and capacity building programs, and ensures that women have an equal voice in India's economic policymaking.

WICCI has been instrumental in pushing for policy changes that directly benefit women entrepreneurs — from simplified business registration processes and access to government procurement contracts to gender-responsive credit policies and investment incentive programs specifically designed for women-owned businesses.

4. Mission Million — Scale That Changes Everything

G100's Mission Million initiative is bringing one million women into the G100 ecosystem — and a significant focus of that initiative is on women entrepreneurs who need a platform, a network, and an advocacy system to help them grow.

Through Mission Million women entrepreneurs gain access to G100's global network of business leaders, investors, and policymakers. They gain visibility on an international stage that most small business owners could never access on their own. And they gain the collective advocacy power of a network of one million women pushing for the policy changes that will make their entrepreneurial journeys easier, more equitable, and more successful.

5. Policy Advocacy — Changing the Rules of the Game

Perhaps the most powerful thing G100 does for women entrepreneurs is change the policy environment in which they operate.

Through the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework's Empowerment and Ownership pillars G100 is advocating for specific policy changes that directly benefit women entrepreneurs — including equal access to credit and investment capital for women-owned businesses, legal reforms guaranteeing women's equal right to own businesses, property, and assets, government procurement policies requiring a percentage of contracts to go to women-owned businesses, tax incentives and investment programs specifically designed for female founders, and financial literacy programs giving women entrepreneurs the knowledge they need to navigate formal financial systems.

These policy changes do not just help individual women entrepreneurs. They change the entire ecosystem in which women's entrepreneurship operates — making it fundamentally more equal, more accessible, and more supportive of women's business success.

The Multiplier Effect — Why Women's Entrepreneurship Changes Everything

When a woman builds a successful business the impact does not stop with her.

Research consistently shows that women reinvest up to 90% of their income back into their families and communities — compared to just 35% for men. Women entrepreneurs hire more women employees, support more women suppliers, and invest more in community development than their male counterparts.

This is what economists call the multiplier effect of women's entrepreneurship. One successful woman entrepreneur does not just create one successful business. She creates jobs, she supports families, she strengthens communities, and she inspires the next generation of women entrepreneurs coming behind her.

G100 understands this multiplier effect deeply — and it is one of the core reasons why women's entrepreneurship is at the heart of G100's economic empowerment mission. Because investing in one woman entrepreneur is not just investing in one business. It is investing in an entire community.

The Stories That Define the Movement

Behind every statistic about women's entrepreneurship there is a human story. A woman who turned a kitchen table idea into a global brand. A woman who used a microfinance loan to build a business that now employs 50 people in her community. A woman who joined SHEconomy and sold her handcrafted products to buyers in 20 countries for the first time.

These are the stories that define what G100's economic empowerment work actually means in the real world. Not in policy papers or international forums — but in the lives of real women who are building real businesses and changing real communities.

G100 exists to multiply these stories. To create the conditions where they are not exceptional — where they are the norm. Where every woman who has the talent, the drive, and the vision to build a business has the access, the networks, and the support to make it happen.

What Women Entrepreneurs Need — And What G100 Delivers

Women entrepreneurs do not need charity. They do not need special treatment. They do not need to be told they are capable — they already know that.

What they need is a level playing field. Equal access to capital, markets, networks, and policy frameworks that have historically been designed for and dominated by men.

G100 is delivering exactly that — through SHEconomy, through WICCI, through its Business Wings, through Mission Million, and through the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework's policy advocacy. One woman entrepreneur at a time. One community at a time. One policy change at a time.

Until the day when a woman starting a business has exactly the same access, the same opportunities, and the same chances of success as a man starting a business in the same market.

That day is what G100 is building toward. And with every woman entrepreneur who joins the movement — it gets a little closer.

Here is a fact that every government, every business, and every global institution knows — but too few act on.

When you invest in a woman, you do not just change her life. You change the lives of everyone around her.

A woman who is economically empowered educates her children, strengthens her community, grows her nation's economy, and lifts entire generations out of poverty. The data is clear, the evidence is overwhelming, and the logic is undeniable.

Women's economic empowerment is not a charity. It is the single smartest investment the world can make.

And G100 — through its ecosystem of free global platforms — is making that investment at scale.

Why Women's Economic Empowerment Still Remains a Challenge

Despite everything we know about the power of investing in women, the economic gender gap remains one of the most stubborn problems in the world.

Women own less than 20% of the world's wealth. They represent only 34% of the global entrepreneurship ecosystem. In developing nations, millions of women have no access to bank accounts, credit, or financial services. And even in the most developed economies, women-led businesses receive a fraction of the venture capital and investment that male-led businesses attract.

The barriers are real — from deeply rooted cultural biases and unequal access to education, to discriminatory laws and lack of networks and mentorship. But they are not insurmountable.

G100 is proof of that.

SHEconomy — Where Women's Economic Power Comes Alive

At the heart of G100's economic empowerment mission is SHEconomy — a free e-commerce and economic platform built specifically for women entrepreneurs worldwide.

SHEconomy gives women entrepreneurs a global marketplace to sell their products and services, access to cross-border markets and international buyers, a community of fellow women business owners for support and collaboration, and tools and resources to grow their businesses sustainably.

For millions of women — especially in developing economies — SHEconomy is not just a platform. It is a lifeline. It is the bridge between a talented woman with a great product and a global market that is ready to buy it.

WICCI — Building Women's Business Power Across India

Inside India, G100's economic empowerment work is powered by WICCI — the Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

With over 600 councils spanning every state and sector in India, WICCI is one of the largest women's business networks in the country. It advocates for gender-friendly business policies, connects women entrepreneurs with investors and mentors, drives leadership training programs, and ensures that women have an equal voice in India's economic policymaking.

In a country where women entrepreneurs face unique cultural and structural barriers, WICCI is a game-changing force — turning potential into power, one woman at a time.

Mission Million — Economic Empowerment at Scale

G100's Mission Million initiative takes economic empowerment to an entirely new level. The goal is simple but ambitious — bring one million women into the G100 ecosystem and give every single one of them the platform, tools, community, and advocacy support they need to achieve financial independence and economic leadership.

Because lasting economic empowerment does not happen in isolation. It happens when women have a network behind them, a platform beneath them, and a global community cheering them forward.

That is exactly what Mission Million delivers.

The Ripple Effect of Women's Economic Empowerment

When a woman becomes economically empowered, the impact does not stop with her. It ripples outward in ways that transform entire societies.

Research consistently shows that women reinvest up to 90% of their income back into their families and communities — compared to just 35% for men. Economically empowered women send more children to school, invest more in healthcare, start more businesses, and create more jobs.

This is what economists call the multiplier effect of women's economic empowerment. And it is why the World Bank, the United Nations, and every major global institution agrees — investing in women is the highest-return investment any economy can make.

G100 is not just building a women's network. It is building stronger economies, healthier communities, and a more equal world.

How You Can Be Part of the Movement

Whether you are a woman entrepreneur looking for a global platform, a business leader who wants to support women's economic growth, or simply someone who believes that economic equality is the foundation of a just world — G100 has a place for you.

Join SHEconomy. Connect with WICCI. Be part of Mission Million. And help build the economy the world deserves — one where every woman has the power, the platform, and the freedom to lead.

Here is a question that every democracy in the world should be asking itself right now.

If women make up 50% of the population — why do they hold less than 25% of the world's parliamentary seats?

Why are the laws that govern women's lives, women's bodies, women's rights, and women's futures being written predominantly by men?

And more importantly — what is being done about it?

G100 has the answer. And it is already changing political landscapes across 100 countries.

The Political Gender Gap — A Crisis of Representation

The underrepresentation of women in politics is not just a gender equality issue. It is a governance crisis. Because when half the population is absent from the rooms where decisions are made — the decisions that come out of those rooms are fundamentally incomplete.

The numbers paint a stark picture.

Globally women hold less than 25% of parliamentary seats. Only 26 countries in the world currently have a female head of state or government. In many nations that number is zero — and has been zero for their entire history. At the current rate of progress it will take over 50 years for women to achieve equal political representation worldwide.

50 years is not acceptable. And G100 is not willing to wait.

Why Women in Politics Matters — Beyond Representation

The case for women's equal political representation is not just about fairness — though fairness alone should be enough. It is about the quality of governance itself.

Research consistently shows that legislatures with higher levels of women's representation pass stronger legislation on healthcare, education, social protection, and environmental policy. Women legislators are more likely to collaborate across party lines, more likely to prioritize community wellbeing over partisan politics, and more likely to champion legislation that benefits children, families, and marginalized communities.

A study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union found that countries with higher women's political representation have lower levels of corruption, stronger rule of law, and more effective public institutions.

In short — when women are in government, governments work better. For everyone.

And yet the barriers keeping women out of politics remain stubbornly high. From cultural biases and family pressures to lack of funding for female candidates and outright harassment and intimidation of women in political life — the obstacles are real, structural, and deeply resistant to change.

G100 is dismantling them. Systematically. Globally.

G100's Government and Ministerial Advocacy Wing

At the heart of G100's political empowerment work is its dedicated Government and Ministerial Advocacy Wing — one of G100's 100 sector wings specifically focused on advancing women's political leadership and representation worldwide.

Led by a Global Chair who is herself a senior political leader, this wing brings together women from government, diplomacy, and public policy across 100 countries — creating the world's most powerful network of women in political leadership.

The wing's work covers advocating for legislative quotas for women's political representation, supporting and mentoring women candidates running for office at every level, engaging directly with national governments to push for gender-responsive governance reforms, building cross-border networks of women politicians and policymakers, and presenting G100's ELLEGOSSÉ Framework recommendations on Legislation and Governance directly to governments worldwide.

This is not just advocacy from the outside. These are women who are already inside the system — and using their position to open the doors wider for the women coming behind them.

The ELLEGOSSÉ Framework — Legislation and Governance Pillars

G100's political empowerment work is anchored in two of the ten ELLEGOSSÉ Framework principles — Legislation and Governance — which together form the political backbone of G100's 100-point policy plan for gender equality.

The Legislation pillar addresses the legal foundations of women's political equality through specific recommendations covering mandatory legislative quotas requiring a minimum percentage of women candidates on all political party lists, legal prohibition of all forms of harassment and intimidation targeting women in political life, campaign finance reforms ensuring women candidates have equal access to political funding, gender audits of all existing legislation to identify and remove discriminatory laws, and strengthening of electoral systems to reduce structural barriers to women's political participation.

The Governance pillar addresses the institutional dimension of women's political empowerment through recommendations covering mandatory gender balance targets for all government ministries and departments, gender parity requirements for judicial appointments and independent oversight bodies, gender-responsive budgeting as a standard practice in all government financial planning, transparent public reporting on gender equality progress by all government institutions, and gender equality training for all elected officials and civil servants.

Together these two pillars give governments a complete legislative and institutional roadmap for achieving women's equal political representation — not eventually but now.

G100 Country Chairs — Political Change at the National Level

One of G100's most powerful tools for advancing women's political representation is its network of Country Chairs operating in 100 nations around the world.

These are women who are already embedded in the political and civic life of their countries — as politicians, diplomats, lawyers, academics, and community leaders. They know the specific political landscape of their nation, the particular barriers women face in their country's political system, and the most effective strategies for creating change within it.

Through G100, Country Chairs are supported with a global network of peers, a policy framework they can present directly to their own governments, and the collective credibility of G100's worldwide membership behind them.

This combination of local knowledge and global backing is extraordinarily powerful. A Country Chair presenting the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework's political recommendations to her national parliament is not just one woman advocating for change. She is the representative of a global network of the world's most powerful women leaders — and governments around the world are listening.

Real Change — G100's Political Impact Across the World

G100's political advocacy work is already producing real results across multiple continents.

In Europe G100 leaders have been directly engaged with EU institutions and national governments — presenting ELLEGOSSÉ recommendations on legislative gender quotas, equal pay enforcement, and gender-responsive governance to policymakers in Brussels and national capitals across the continent.

In Asia G100 Country Chairs are pushing for greater women's representation in parliaments and government ministries in countries where cultural barriers to women's political participation remain particularly strong — using G100's global credibility to strengthen their advocacy in domestic political spaces.

In Africa G100 is supporting women political leaders who are navigating complex and often hostile political environments — providing them with a global community of peers, a policy framework to work from, and the visibility that comes with being part of the world's most powerful women's leadership network.

In Latin America G100 leaders are engaging with governments on legislative quota reforms, judicial gender parity, and gender-responsive budgeting — creating concrete policy wins for women's political representation at the national level.

And in India — G100's home country — the organization's political advocacy work through WICCI and its Government and Ministerial Advocacy Wing is directly influencing national conversations about women's political representation, reservation policies, and gender-responsive governance at both the state and national level.

The Denim Club — Male Political Allies

G100's political empowerment work is also supported by the Denim Club — its He-for-She wing of 100 powerful male allies who actively champion women's political leadership alongside G100's Global Chairs and Country Chairs.

In the political arena male allyship is particularly powerful. Male politicians and political leaders who publicly and actively advocate for women's equal representation — who mentor women candidates, who use their platforms to call out political harassment of women, and who push for gender-equal candidate selection within their own parties — are some of the most effective drivers of political gender parity.

G100's Denim Club creates a structured framework for this kind of male political allyship — ensuring that the push for women's equal political representation is coming from both women and men simultaneously. Because that is how political culture actually changes.

What Women in Power Actually Changes

The impact of women's equal political representation is not abstract. It is measurable. It is documented. And it is transformative.

Countries with higher levels of women's political representation invest more in education and healthcare. They have stronger environmental policies and better climate change responses. They have lower levels of political corruption and higher levels of public trust in government institutions.

When women are in power they legislate differently — not because they are better than men but because they bring different life experiences, different priorities, and different perspectives to the table. And governance that draws on the full diversity of human experience makes better decisions than governance that draws on only half of it.

This is what G100's political empowerment work is ultimately about. Not just getting more women into parliament — though that matters enormously. It is about building better governments, more just societies, and a political world that actually represents and serves all of humanity.

That is worth fighting for. And G100 is fighting for it — in 100 countries, every single day.

The Call to Action — Politics Needs You

If you are a woman with a passion for public service, a desire to shape the policies that affect your community, and the courage to stand up and lead in a space that has historically tried to keep you out — G100 wants to hear from you.

Through its Government and Ministerial Advocacy Wing, its Country Chair network, and the ELLEGOSSÉ Framework's political recommendations, G100 is building the most powerful support system for women in political leadership that has ever existed.

You do not have to navigate the political world alone. You have a global network of the world's most accomplished women political leaders behind you. You have a policy framework you can take directly to your government. And you have a community of millions of women and men around the world who are cheering you forward.

Because politics needs women. And women in politics need G100.