Unlock Her Future Prize to Expand into East & Southeast Asia

By: WE Staff | Monday, 16 March 2026

• The Unlock Her Future Prize is to expand to East and Southeast Asia in 2026
• It is an annual start-up competition for women social impact entrepreneurs
• The Programme is for women social impact start-ups

The Unlock Her Future Prize (UHP) is an annual competition designed for women entrepreneurs creating a social impact through their own startup businesses. This initiative is run by a partnership between The Bicester Collection and other partnering organizations.

In 2026, the program will continue into East and Southeast Asia, continuing its commitment to support innovative and sustainable businesses that are owned by women and that use entrepreneurship as a means to create solutions for current social, cultural, and environmental issues.

This year, the theme for the initiative is “Global Vision, Local Engagement.” Each year, the initiative will select a different part of the world to find and support women who are developing and expanding their businesses that are having an impact on their local communities.

In the previous cycle, editions of the UHP were held in regional locations: MENA (2023), Latin America (2024), and South Asia (2025). The UHP edition in 2026 is open to all women living in East or Southeast Asia who are aged 18 years or older.

Participants must demonstrate a solution to an issue that supports the Objectives included in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

A business can apply to the UHP only if the business has been in operation for less than three consecutive years and generates less than $1 million USD in revenues annually.