Pivotal Ventures/Lever for Change: 2021 Equality Can’t Wait Challenge

Pivotal Ventures, Melinda Gates’ investment and incubation company, with additional support from MacKenzie Bezos, and in collaboration with Lever for Change, is launching the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge (ECWC). The ECWC believes we have to stay committed to advancing systemic change for women of all backgrounds. Accelerating progress toward gender equality will require many things, especially strategic capital and stakeholder collaboration. Through this competition, The ECWC is looking for innovative ideas that will bring additional capital and energy into one or more key areas that can expand women’s power and influence.