

Shrutikantha Kandali, 23, from India, is a qualitative researcher and writer for non-profit organisation, Going to School. Shrutikantha – along with her teammates; 33-year-old Nishi Arora, 30-year-old Satyam Vyas, and…
After experiencing the limitations of trying to create positive social change in the public sector, Alana Hitchcock Weber, from the USA, decided to take matters into her own hands. In 2012,…
Ask anyone who works in gender equality why women’s empowerment is important to them, and you’ll receive an array of responses, often citing facts and figures which serve to prove…
BY JENNANI DURAI When Lilian Kilonzo packed her bags to travel nearly 5,000 miles to Singapore for the Project Inspire grand final last year, she was prepared to talk about…
Most days, Tripti Bhadauriya volunteers six to eight hours a day as Director of Protsahan Singapore, a social enterprise dedicated to educating girls in the slums of Delhi. She tells…
Picture this: you’re in your mid-twenties and you’re already a successful model and actor. What would you do next, kick back and enjoy the A-list lifestyle? (Probably not, if you’re…
While everyone enters Project Inspire with the hope of winning, only one non-profit or social enterprise receives the US$25,000 cash grant. But as 2012 finalist Love Mercy Foundation explains, Project Inspire can…
Does social enterprise hold the key to women’s empowerment? And are social enterprises more effective than non-for-profits in this mission? A lively debate ensued when we posed these questions to…
On Thursday, March 13, Singapore Committee for UN Women and MasterCard jointly hosted the official 2014 launch event for Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Save the World. More than 90…