SHE LEADS BHARAT
Elevating women leaders to build thriving, future-proof rural communities: One entrepreneur at a time
She Leads Bharat (SLB) is a wholistic shared action initiative through which corporations, NGOs, governments, funders, and investors work together to create long-term income opportunities for rural women and their communities.
Our 2030 She Leads Bharat goals are to have:
1 Bn+
Solutions Delivered to
Rural Doorsteps
1Mn+
Digitized Rural
Women Entrepreneurs
500k
Villages
Served
100Mn
Rural Households
Reached
Collaborators in She Leads Bharat envision net positive, inclusive, and
sustainable rural markets in India - built with and for women, their
households, and communities.
Between now and 2030, our goal is to collectively elevate India's rural women
as digital entrepreneurs in at least three market domains:
Together with Airtel Payments Bank, Mastercard's Center for Inclusive Growth, we look to create economic opportunities India's 15.7Mn small women businesses
Achieve climate justice by elevating women as the climate solvers of our time with an initial focus on India's small women farmers
Aspired launch: COP'28
Support India's domain leaders in health to address rural, last mile healthcare challenges through our She Leads Bharat platform of women, tech and insight
Aspired launch 2024
Working closely with India's National and State level governments She Leads Bharat offers a tangible pathway to supporting 100Mn women across 8 States
She Leads Bharat (Aspired) Footprint
Collaborating State Level Rural Livelihood Missions
By connecting our 1 targeted 1Mn households
to RLMs, an estimated $1Bn in committed
benefits and working capital can be unleashed