Given her decade-long work and understanding of women’s challenges, Sophie Doireau has been at the helm of opening up opportunities for women in the Middle East, Africa, India, and the Turkiye region through initiatives such as the Women’s Pavilion in Expo 2020 and the Cartier Women’s Initiative, which has supported 330 women entrepreneurs in 66 countries, and the initiative has awarded over $9,500,000 in grant funding to support fellows’ businesses. Doireau shares a passion for Maison’s commitment to tackling contemporary challenges to help build a better world together with all its communities.
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