Women Emerging Awarded $31,500 Grant to Amplify Women's Leadership in Sport through Olympism365 Innovation Hub

[1st October,2025] - Women Emerging, the global non-profit movement dedicated to reframing leadership so that more women choose to lead, has been selected to join the Olympism365 Innovation Hub as part of Tech365 Incubate. The non-profit movement has been awarded a grant of $31,500 to amplify women's leadership in sport.

The Olympism365 Innovation Hub is a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee, Beyond Sport, and Women Win, designed to support a diverse community of innovators creating new and impactful approaches to sport for sustainable development. This collaboration creates a community at the intersection of sport, technology, and social impact, that will further sport as a force for good through pioneering ideas and solutions.

Women in sport, despite their significant contributions, remain underrepresented in leadership conversations and often lack access to relevant, contextual support systems. Leadership development opportunities can be linear, one-size-fits-all, and are rarely tailored to the unique challenges faced by women in sport. Many coaches, athletes, administrators, and advocates work in silos, limiting the exchange of insights and slowing the momentum for systemic change.

Women Emerging, in partnership with Olympism365 Innovation and Tech365 Incubate, will run an expedition for women in sport. This expedition will bring together 24 women, who are looking to discover their own approaches to leading. As the expedition ends, these women will share their discoveries, insights, reflections and practical tips on leading with other women on the WE Hub, Women Emerging's ever evolving, and dynamic, free digital library of practical leadership intelligence generated by women, for women.

Drawing on curated stories, exercises, reflections, and insights, the WE Hub, empowers women to explore leadership on their own terms. A coach, athlete, or administrator facing a challenge can ask the AI a question and receive relevant insights from women with shared experiences.

Julia Middleton, Founder of Women Emerging, said "What makes this innovation (WE Hub) unique is how it blends technology with lived experiences, practical tips and insights. The WE Hub doesn't tell women how to lead; it helps them discover their own approach of leading. By connecting women across geographies, generations, abilities, aspirations, backgrounds, beliefs, sectors, and specialisms, it transforms leadership from an isolated pursuit into a collective journey."

Over the next 12 months, Women Emerging will engage 1,000 women in sport across 15 countries, enabling them to share experiences, insights, and practical strategies. Within five years, Women Emerging aims to scale the WE Hub's reach to over 70 countries, fostering a global community of women leading, who are visible, connected, and empowered.

About Women Emerging
Women Emerging is a global, non-profit movement with a mission to reframe leading so that more women choose to lead.

About Olympism 365 Innovation Hub

Olympism 365 Innovation Hub is a global community advancing new ideas and technologies to maximise the powerful impact of sport

About International Olympic Committee (IOC)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a not-for-profit, civil, non-governmental organisation committed to building a better world through sport. Olympism365 is the IOC's strategy to strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler of Sustainable Development Goals

About Beyond Sport

Beyond Sport is a global foundation that invests in organisations, programmes and networks that use sport to positively impact communities.

About Women Win

Women Win is a global women's fund that leverages the power of sport to advance girls' and womens' rights

The combined expertise and shared vision of these organisations support the Hub's goal of using sport to contribute to sustainable development.


Visit their website: www.womenemerging.org

For more information, contact:
Sonam Dave
Marketing Director
Sonam.dave@womenemerging.org

Women Emerging
Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
website: www.womenemerging.org

Press Contact: Sonam Dave
Email: sonam.dave@womenemerging.org

Women Emerging is a global, non-profit movement with a mission to reframe leading so that more women choose to lead.

WE expeditions and the WE Hub are the centrepieces of Women Emerging.

WE expeditions are run for women who want to find their own approach to leading. They explore individually or in groups over a period of months (5 hours of exploring each month). This is mostly done online, though some expedition groups meet at different points.

The WE Hub is a dynamic and ever-evolving free digital library of practical leadership intelligence generated by women. It hosts stories, experiences, and leadership tips. The WE Hub has a GPT function which is powered by AI, that facilitates search so that women have easy access to each other's learning, whoever and wherever they are.

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