THE 2023 RISING WOMAN INITIATIVE AWARDS CALL FOR ENTRIES

'The Citizen Rising Woman initiative',an idea that started in a boardroom, has blossomed into a brand that celebrates women’s achievements, thereby embedding the identity of The Citizen newspaper as a brand that connects people towards a common good.

The Citizen Rising Woman Initiative is turning three! Since our inception, we've encouraged the more meaningful representation of women in top business leadership roles and decision-making.

Due to this success, we have decided to honor the milestones attained by various organizations that are promoting gender diversity in leadership positions.

Mwananchi Communications Limited, under its business flagship brand The Citizen, in conjunction with KPMG, is calling for entries for the 2023 Rising Woman Initiative Awards (RWI Awards).

The annual Rising Woman awards seek to honor organizations that have structures (training, policies, and systems) and programs in place that promote gender equality at their workplaces, have women representation in management and decision-making processes and draw women to top positions as part of efforts to ensure that more qualified women attain leadership positions.

The Awards provide a landscape for organizations from various sectors to be recognized for their effort in addressing fundamental inequities that hinder women from becoming leaders.

Award categories

There are two categories to fit into with the level of diversity that your organization is currently at:

RISING WOMAN AWARD

ELIGIBILITY

Recognizes organizations that promote gender equality at their workplaces and have substantial women representation in management and decision-making processes.

WOMAN OF THE FUTURE AWARD

ELIGIBILITY

Recognizes Unique and impactful organization initiatives that advance gender balance in the workplace. Entrants must have enabling factors like HR policies, systems, and structures in place to support women from within the company to step up the ladder.

SUBMISSIONS

AWARDS SUBMISSION

The award submission should include the following:

• Details of your management composition, time of service at current positions, and how they attained the current positions (promotion, external recruitment, etc.) for the Rising Woman Award.
• Details of the enabling factors like HR policies, systems, and the structure in place to support women and enable them to flourish in their leadership roles for the Woman of the Future Award. (A maximum five (5) pages).
• Awards submissions shall be less than 10 MB in pdf format. The pdf file only needs to be screen resolution (96 dpi) for juries to review.
• The award application should be submitted via email to [email protected] before the deadline. The entry file name should have the entry name and category.
• The submission email should include a declaration that the organization submitting has permission to submit and agrees to protect Mwananchi Communications Limited from any claims. E.g., XXXX, the organisation, declares that it has permission to submit and agrees to protect Mwananchi Communications Limited from any claims.