Project Inspire: 5 minutes to change the world is a joint initiative launched in 2011 from the Singapore Committee for UN Women and MasterCard which helps visionaries between the ages of 18-35 to create a better world for women and girls in Asia-Pacific.

Project Inspire is multi-award winning initiative and one of the most high profile CSR programs in the region. This year the theme is ‘Empowering Women Through Safety and Security.

Each contender is in for the chance to win US$25,000 grand prize grant to implement their project, and the runner up a US$10,000 Financial Inclusion Award Grants. Each one of the finalists will benefit from a return flight and accommodation in Singapore to participate in the Grand Final, as well as exclusive one-on-one mentoring.

Here at Impact Guru, we recognise the power of crowdfunding and want to use it to create something good. We developed this platform for nonprofits, social enterprises, startups and individuals to raise money for social causes and projects so naturally we are delighted to be the proud crowdfunding partner of Project Inspire.

As a socially aware organization, Impact Guru has been working closely with social organizations since the beginning. This means that we have a wealth of experience to fully understand the needs of social issues along the theme of women’s safety and we’re committed to combating it.

These facts and figures have come from the UN Women 

- 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence by a non-partner at some point in their lives
- Women who have been physically or sexually abused by their partners are almost twice as likely to experience depression
- Up to 70% per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime
- Adult women account for almost half of all human trafficking victims detected globally 
- 92% of women in a 2012 study conducted in New Delhi reported having experienced some form of sexual violence in public spaces in their lifetime
- More than 700 million women worldwide alive today were married as children (below 18 years of age) 
- 88% of women reported having experienced some form of verbal sexual harassment in the New Delhi survey