Vital Voices Visionaries Fellowship 2025: (Deadline 11 March, 2025)

Applications are open for the Vital Voices Visionaries Fellowship 2025. The VV Visionaries program, a partnership between Vital Voices Global Partnership and the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund, the charitable fund of Estée Lauder, aims to support the next generation of emerging leaders who are redefining leadership in their everyday lives. Together with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund, they aim to champion women leaders across diverse sectors, industries, and experiences who want to create positive social impact in their communities and beyond.

When women advance, the world succeeds. Whether you are an entrepreneur, activist, non-profit leader, or someone with a bold vision for change, you can have a profound impact. We need leaders across every industry and every community who use their power, influence, and passion to make positive change. And VV knows that women’s leadership will accelerate progress in communities, offices, and boardrooms.

Benefits

Through participating in the VV Visionaries program, participants will:

• Complete the Vital Voices Leadership Journey, a 7-week virtual course focused on developing the soft skills required for leadership.
• Learn lessons in leadership from Estée Lauder executives.
• Receive a certificate of completion upon completing the program. 
• Have an opportunity to apply for an annual in-person Summit.
• Join the Vital Voices global network of more than 47,000 women leaders from around the world.

Eligibility

• Applicant should be at least 18 years old at the time of application and identifies as a woman;
• Has an established social impact organization, business, initiative, OR ;
• Is a key decision-maker of their social impact organization, business, initiative, OR;
• Has a clear vision for an organization, business, or initiative with an explicit social purpose;
• Is proficient in English.

Program Commitment

• Fully participate in the 7-week program, which includes 2-4 hours per week of live virtual sessions and weekly assignments. Participants should have no more than 2 absences to remain in good standing.
  • Sessions are typically held on weekdays in the morning (Eastern Time).
• Submit regular updates to Vital Voices throughout the program and remain in contact with Vital Voices after the program to share success stories, conduct follow-up surveys about your progress, pursue further opportunities for awards or visibility, etc.
• Complete surveys up to one year after the end of the program.

Application

Applications must be written in English and completed and submitted by March 11 at 11 am ET. It should take around 30 minutes to complete.

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For more information, visit Vital Voices Visionaries Fellowship.