Johannesburg: South Africa (Rayana Edwards), who started a project to create fashion apparel that is internationally appreciated by recycling Saree to empower women. This year has been declared the joint winner of the prestigious Goldman Sachs and Global Fortune Woman Leaders Award.
The other winner is Emma Dix, founder of the coding school Code Space Academy. The coveted annual award via digital was given at the ‘Fortune Most Powerful Summit’ in Washington on Wednesday due to restrictions imposed due to Covid-19. This award is given every year to women who have done remarkable work for empowering other women in their community and country.
Edward, who founded Sari for Change in 2014, said, “This honor will empower us to push the employment-generating format and accelerate results, especially during the Kovid-19 maiden, which gives us new conditions Tells us to think of ways to move forward.
The annual award is made possible through a partnership between the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women franchise, and is given each year to outstanding women from around the world who are working to empower others in their communities and countries. “The award empowers us to pay forward a job creation model that is functional and scalable with immediate results, especially now as the Covid-19 pandemic demands we rethink how we position and build forward in our new normal,” said Edwards, who established Sari for Change in 2014.
She said that the $ 25,000 received as an award would help in promoting the Saree for Change brand and would be used to train low-income communities by making schools and other places of women safety a center.
