‘Young Women 2020: Solutions for Development with Equality.’
This challenge is inspired by young women who have the innovative vision to change the world, with Costa Rica being part of this 40 countries initiative, sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
By MENAFN – Costa Rica News
Recently it was known that Costa Rica is actively promoting the participation of young women entrepreneurs through the first edition of the ‘Young Challenge’, a global initiative that comes to Costa Rica for the first time with the theme: ‘Young Women 2020: Solutions for Development with Equality ‘.
This challenge is inspired by young women who have the innovative vision to change the world, with Costa Rica being part of this 40 countries initiative, sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Young women as an engine of change in society.
The purpose of this challenge is for young women with innovative ideas to exhibit their projects that aim to transform communities and improve the quality of life of which they are part. In addition to involving them in the study of science and technology, starting a business venture or taking action in favor of combating climate change.
Participants had until February 29th, 2020, to register their project at www.cr.undp.org and the conditions they required are:
*Organize a team of 3 to 5 women between the ages of 14 and 24 who want to be part of the solution to obstacles they face in education, employment, and the climate crisis.
• Ensure that your team is inclusive in terms of the diversity of women who will be part of it (ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, migration, adolescent motherhood).
• Commit to participate with the whole team in this experience of social innovation.
• Have availability to attend each of the stages of the process, including face-to-face events: the 1-day pre-camp and the 3-day camp.
In this first edition of the challenge, 15 teams of young women will be chosen, of which only 5 with the most promising ideas will receive a total of $1000 and accompaniment by expert mentors for three months. Of these five finalist teams, two will be chosen to participate globally, in which eight teams will have the opportunity to win up to $ 20,000 and be part of the process of fully developing their social innovation project.
