First Women


The First Women Programme is a United Kingdom awards program for women. It was created by Real Business[1] in 2005.

Further information: First woman (disambiguation)

First Women is supported by the Confederation of British Industry. Henrietta Jowitt, Deputy Director-General, Commercial at the CBI gave the keynote speech at the 2016 First Woman Awards.[2]

The First Women Young Achiever Award has celebrated the likes of Emma Hagan, chief risk officer at Silicon Valley Bank, aged 24,[3] and Amanda White, who headed up the HS3 rail project.[4]

First Woman of Business Services Jan Flawn CBE, who launched her business at the age of 50[5] after raising her children, uses her First Women platform to advocate for women across the country.

Charity

First Women has partnered with Keep a Girl in School Project[6] to create awareness and help towards promoting education for girls in Uganda and The Washroom Project[7] to raise funds that will support the education of at least 500 girls.

See also

References
  1. "Real Business".
  2. "Henrietta Jowitt keynote speech at First Women Awards 2016".
  3. "Emma Hagan". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. "The young female achiever changing the face of transport and engineering".
  5. "Five minutes with ... Jan Flawn, nurse turned chair of PJ Care Ltd".
  6. "Keep a Girl in School".
  7. "The Washroom Project".
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