CHRISTINE AMOUR-LEVAR

FOUNDER OF WOMEN ON A MISSION AND HER PLANET EARTH

Successful, dynamic and loquacious, Christine Amour-levar is the very archetype of a woman on a mission intent on using her unique set of skills and gifts for the good of the planet and its people. And that’s exactly what she named the first non-profit organisation she co-founded eight years ago with fellow adventurers and philanthropists Valérie Boffy and Karine Moge: Women on a Mission (WOAM).

“We had this desire to organise expeditions as a way to raise awareness and funds for vulnerable women; survivors of war, domestic abuse and human trafficking. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread and persistent human rights violation in our world today.”

WOAM then partners other NGOS, such as UN Women and Aware Singapore, with established structures in place, and run dedicated programmes aligned with its mission.

As a successful career woman who has spent over a decade in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia, female empowerment is close to Amour-levar’s heart, which she also champions through another non-profit she founded: HER Planet Earth, a global women’s advocacy movement for gender equality and environmental conservation that has so far raised about half a million dollars.

She’s already done so much, but it sounds like Amour-levar is only just getting started.