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Empowering Women

Global Innovation Network

 Bridging the Gender Gap

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Supporting women inventors & innovators around the world.

WELCOME TO GLOBAL WOMEN INVENTORS & INNOVATORS NETWORK

ACHIEVING GREATER GENDER PARITY, BUILDING IMPACT & ADVANCING RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION

The Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network is where we put the spotlight on the development of invaluable inventions and innovations from individuals, the workplace and the business environment. With a special focus on empowering women, we welcome your participation as we work towards a common goal of advancing new processes, services and products that benefit the quality of life of human kind. GlobalWIIN formally known as GWIIN and its team of experts have helped to shine the spotlight on the creativity of hundreds of women in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and North America and now in the Caribbean. Working with governments, leading industry experts, voluntary organisations, educational establishments, and the private sector, it has held award events, roundtables and seminars and provided information and guidance to support the women on their journey to success. aims to bridge the gender gap and find effective ways of bringing support, tools and information to empower women in achieving significant growth. From building digital infrastructures, new science to low technology, high viability concepts and products.

What We Do

GLOBALWIIN BENEFITS!

One – Stop Shop & Support for:| Award Ceremonies | Equity & Commercialisation | Ingenious Collections | Innovative Leadership | Intellectual Property Awareness | Finance & Investment Awareness | Podcasts & Promotions | Product Development | Product Launches | Event Management | Speaking Engagements |Think Tanks |Training | Workshops • Vital Knowledge Exchange

Increase the success rate of women’s originality & marketability of their developed concept, product or service.

Accessing support for seed capital from government and university programs including spin-out companies.

Stimulating wider inclusiveness and the exchange of knowledge in areas such as the use of technology, science, engineering, intellectual property rights, access to finance, international trade, equity and commercialization.

Developing business growth with characteristics that reinvent, set industry standards and radically create changes with impact.

Creation of initiatives that provide opportunities to benchmark skills, re-train, re-skill, re-tool and take advantage of current and emerging opportunities.

Strive to ensure that official innovation strategies, policies and projects take gender diversity into consideration with the need to develop effective policy goals and a range of applied services designed to contribute to social and economic growth.
INDEPENDENT JUDGINGS FOR THE GLOBALWIIN AWARDS

JUDGING PANEL

The independent judging process is vigorous and quite challenging task and is characterised by integrity and impartiality. Each judge is conscious of their responsibility in selecting the winners for the prestigious and highly influential international awards. It is an exercise that brings together an independent judging panel from a diversity of backgrounds and disciplines. Each judge is selected for their outstanding experience, knowledge and understanding.
The task of the Judges is to determine if the nominees have the necessary qualities of an inspirational inventor or innovator with outstanding items that bring positive and progressive solutions. They also have the task of determining qualities that demonstrate positive impact, tenacity and a sheer determination to succeed. Their consideration takes into account several criterias such as evidence of the practicality, market potential, originality, novelty, effectiveness, technical competence, enhancement, capacity or skills, design, originality or use of colour, suitability of materials, workmanship, attention given to detail, financial viability, to name a few.
The task of the Judges is to determine if the nominees have the necessary qualities of an inspirational inventor or innovator with outstanding items that bring positive and progressive solutions. They also have the task of determining qualities that demonstrate positive impact, tenacity and a sheer determination to succeed. Their consideration takes into account several criterias such as evidence of the practicality, market potential, originality, novelty, effectiveness, technical competence, enhancement, capacity or skills, design, originality or use of colour, suitability of materials, workmanship, attention given to detail, financial viability, to name a few.

INDEPENDENT JUDGING PANEL LIST

Ruth Soetendorp (Chair)
Honorary Visiting Professor, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, Professor Emerita, Associate Director CIPPM, Bournemouth University, HEA National Teaching Fellow 2001

United Kingdom

Angela Strachan
Trade Facilitation | Investment Facilitation | Business Environment Reform | Investment Climate | Not for Profit Sector

United Kingdom

Abdul Rahim

Experienced Entrepreneur| Open Innovation| International Collaboration| London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC)

United Kingdom

Claudia Morrell

Executive Director, STEM Educator Initiative, Innovating with educators at STEM Educator Initiative

United States of America

Diana Squires
Strategic Leader of Social Impact & Innovation, Speaker & Board Member, Pilotlight

United Kingdom

Feryal Abdullah Nass

High Commissioner & Bahrain Country Director, World Business Angel Investment Forum, Chairwoman & Founder, Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organisation

BEO Bahrain

Grace Moronfolu MBE

Director, Carbonado Consultancy Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Business Strategist | CBW-Africa Country Head

United Kingdom

Julius Valsson

MD, Rheumatologist.

Iceland
Marianne Privett

Partner, European and UK patent attorney, VENNER SHIPLEY
| UPC Representative | Co-Lead of IP Ability and D&I Champion | Member of EQE Committee EC-II

United Kingdom

Mmabatho Matiwane
Corporate Planning Strategy, PetroSA
South Africa
Mr Carlos Rodriguez
Chairman, Swedish Inventors Association
Sweden
Prof. Dr. Fauziah Ahmad
Honorary Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sans Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
Malaysia
Emmanuel Olabisi

GlobalWIIN and JUDGING FACILITATOR
Accountant at FINBOURNE Technology | BA (Hons)

United Kingdom

GlobalWIIN ADVISORY BOARD

Dr Bola Olabisi FRSA
Founder & CEO, GlobalWIIN
Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir (Special Adviser Europe)

Inventor, Founder, KVENN, President, EUWIIN (Europe)
Vice President, International Federation of Inventors Association (IFIA)
Institute Federation Women Network Expert Board

ICELAND

Milena Cvijanovich

Founder and Head Architect and Designer of Milena C Designs, architecture and interior design firm, and Nomadessence Sustainable Luxury Lifestyle Architect | Designer | Entrepreneur

MONACO

Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, PhD (Special Adviser, Asia Pacific)

Professor in Construction Materials, Director, Research Management Centre (RMC), Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis

MALAYSIA

Clare Newton FRSA

Photo Artist Practitioner & British Female Inventor Of The Year

UNITED KINGDOM

Madelein Mkunu (Special Adviser, Africa)

Founder & President of Leading Women of Africa (LWA)

SOUTH AFRICA

Tasnim Al.Dawudi

 CEO & Founder Green Crude Energy Company | Chemical Engineer | Inventor

OMAN

Denize Leadette

Author, Artist & Founder of Peach, Mango, Maverick

UNITED KINGDOM

Catherine Renner (Special Adviser, USA)

Founder & Editor in Chief, LiveStreamTimez

USA

Adebayo Jones FRSA

Fashion Creative Director Tv Show Host/ Columnist

UNITED KINGDOM

Gurnam Selvarajah

Director QSTEP Limited

UNITED KINGDOM

Jayne Lawton

Inventor of the Grobox – a biodegradable planting product, British female Inovatorr of the year actively pushing boundaries.

UNITED KINGDOM

Israella Kafui Mansu

Founder and CEO of Mansuki

Ghana /USA

Maria Xuereb
Projects and Design Specialist

UNITED KINGDOM

DEBORAH FIELDS

Internal Comms & PR

UNITED KINGDOM

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2026 GLOBALWIIN AWARDS IS NOW OPEN!

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CURRENT & PAST SUPPORTERS & SPONSORS!

The call for inventors, innovators and exceptional creative people has begun. We also would like you to nominate innovative leaders and male champions. You are invited to nominate individuals and various organizations from across the globe including business, corporate industries, academic institutions, nominate ingenious minds that make great impact with ground-breaking ideas. They can be new products processes or services.
NOMINATE NOW

OUR PARTNERS

Witnessing the assembling of brilliant minds

BRITISH INVENTORS SHOW

The UK’s Largest Longest Running Exhibition ofInvention, Innovation & Technology

THE CROWDHELIX NETWORK

An Open Innovation network for universities, research organisations, and businesses seeking funding from the EU’s €95 billion ‘Horizon Europe’ programme. The Crowdhelix Network is open to applications from any organisation, of any size, anywhere in the world, that can demonstrate a strategic commitment to collaborative research and innovation.

EUROPEAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION (EWA)

A global platform that empowers female founders by establishing a strong and safe foundation for women-led projects and initiatives.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AWARENESS NETWORK(IPAN)

An independent, not for profit, inclusive membership organisation, committed to championing the importance and understanding of intellectual property (IP) of businesses, large and small. It is unique in the UK in bringing together people who are users of IP in their work from IP rich industry sectors, educationalists teaching IP awareness, IP experts and anyone who has an interest or something to contribute or who would just like to know more about IP and make connections.

INNOVTEK

With offices in Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom, Innovtek are a team of expert scientists, technologists, strategists, engineers, programmers, IP experts, and support staff. They include inventors and game-changers that have earned their success by bringing cutting-edge ideas and technologies to the market. This expertise and experience give them a true understanding of their clients by helping to develop their ideas from concept through to development and commercialisation.

INSTITUTE OF PATENTEES & INVENTORS (IPI)

The IPI runs “Ask An Expert Scheme” by the British Library. This provides a free one to one advisory session for an hour under a strict ‘confidentiality’ arrangement for members or anyone else. This is hosted on behalf of the library by the President of the I.P.I.Mark Sheahan, an “Inventor In Residence”, every second Thursday. This Inventors Workshop is by appointment and is highly popular.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK (KTN) UK

KTN exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking—accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS (RSA)

The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce is committed to a future that works for everyone. A future where we can all participate in its creation. RSA unites people with ideas and are at the forefront of realising societal change for over 250 years.

WINTRADE GLOBAL

WinTRADEWeek was formed to sustain and feed the flow of inspiration, energy and enthusiasm to women in business; passionate women who want to be at the cutting edge of new, creative, technological business ideas and global trends. As well as offering a platform for connecting women in business 24/7, WinTrade facilitate a week-long convention to build the net worth of those networks.

YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Yaba College of Technology, the cradle of Higher Education in Nigeria was established in 1947. YABATECH as it is fondly referred to attained autonomous and independent status in 1969 by virtue of Decree 23 which granted it the exclusive mandate to provide full-time and part-time courses of instruction and training in Technology, Applied Science, Commerce and Management and in such other fields of applied learning relevant to technical, vocational and industrial needs of Nigeria.

DOREGOS PRIVATE ACADEMY

Doregos Private Academy is a private co-educational school which offers quality secondary education. Creating a learning environment that maximizes individual’s potential to meet the challenges of education and life, The School of Ethics & Etiquette is a collaboration between the school and GlobalWIIN which has progressed worldwide.

MEDIA MAJIQUE

Media Majique is a fully incorporated Limited Liability company that has immense experience in Business Development in the buzzing Ghanaian market.

ITWIIN

Italian Women Inventors and Innovators Network founded as part of the European Women Inventors and Innovators Network with support of the Founding organisation GlobalWIIN.

EMPERIA

Emperia Industries Connect Inc. Is an international Agency specialized in Industrial Mach-making that facilitates and creates global business opportunities and partnership.

SACOMA

SACOMA GLOBAL is a multifaceted UK business with operations in the UK,EU and Africa. A great business story to tell that inspires others, build skills knowledge with the most innovative and disruptive ideas, sharing powerful ideas, case studies, and innovative NPD initiatives, solutions and projects within Agriculture and Food Industry.

INVENTION NEWS

An educational page and private consultancy. It is tailor-made depending on every inventor’s needs and targets. Focuses on invention confidentiality and can sign NDAs if required. Helps inventors protect Intellectual Property Rights and avoid common mistakes during the invention process.

SNIRO

With a 13-year track record, Sniro is a proven expert in delivering complex projects. Our commitment to quality, innovative design, and SEO has built strong partnerships with clients across various industries.