Driven by our Purpose of inspiring women to shine with every step, Stuart Weitzman is proud to partner with our global ambassador Kate Hudson to announce the launch of our Bold Moves Grant program. An expansion of our hero partnership with Vital Voices Global Partnership, a non-profit organization committed to investing in women leaders who are solving the world’s challenges, the program is made possible by a donation on behalf of the brand by the Tapestry Foundation.
In celebration of International Women's Month, we partnered with Kate Hudson and Vital Voices to select 5 women leaders from around the world, each making bold moves to empower their communities in everyday moments in their own way.
“These incredible women leaders demonstrate their unique strength through their work in empowering their communities, and I believe that, through the Bold Moves Grant program with Stuart Weitzman and Vital Voices, Claudia, Nora, Natalie, Sara and Neysara will be able to achieve even more. I can’t wait to see what they do,” says Kate.
EQUAL PAY EMPOWERMENT
Nanas & Amas is a social business dedicated to empowering women and advocating for domestic workers’ rights in Peru.
“Thanks to the Bold Moves Grant, Nanas & Amas will develop and launch a new mobile app in October 2022, named Loop Nannies & Caregivers, to hire per-hour nannies and caregivers for elderly people in a safe, easy and quick way, using tech for good and empowering women to thrive.”
— Claudia Esparza
PROFESSIONAL EMPOWERMENT
RADIKAL is an impact-oriented social franchise focused on combating food insecurity through a network of women-operated food franchisees who offer affordable, healthy meals to the vulnerable in Haiti.
“With these grant funds, we will continue to invest in recovery assistance for the entrepreneurs in our network who were tremendously impacted by last year’s devastating earthquake to relaunch their micro-businesses, which will allow them to thrive in their communities.”
— Nora Jeanne Joseph
NEXT-GENERATION EMPOWERMENT
HomeWorks is a non-profit based in New Jersey in the United States offering a free after-school residential program with academic and social-economic enrichment activities to empower marginalized high school girls.
"This grant will allow us to continue expanding our after-school residential program in Trenton, New Jersey in 2022-2023 with workshops such as poetry writing, coding, sex education, college access, identity-based dialogues on topics like colorism and body image, dance and more.”
— Natalie Tung
WOMEN'S HEALTH EMPOWERMENT
Sehat Kahani is an all-female doctor provider that offers quality, affordable and accessible healthcare to all in Pakistan.
“This grant will help us to expand our digital healthcare services, especially toward maternal and mental health consultations, and provide quality and affordable health consults to 10,000 women across Pakistan.”
— Sara Saeed
GENDER EMPOWERMENT
TransgenderIndia.com is India’s first and largest database of trans-friendly medical and legal practitioners.
“This grant will help us create informative and experience-based content for the transgender community in India that is accessible in their own language and in an Indian context, and in addition, we will also work on community-building activities.”
— Neysara