World Woman Foundation is delighted to announce Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda as the World Woman Hero honoree for 2023 during World Economic Forum week.  The award ceremony was held at Hard Rock International in Davos on Jan 19, 2023. World Woman Foundation annually honors female leaders who have demonstrated leadership, strength, and courage in their commitment to causes or positively impacted others’ lives of women and girls to create a better world. 

Federica did more than rise “from rags to riches” — she’s showing how a woman from a humble working-class background can grow into a visionary change-maker. After holding top executive posts in the fashion industry, she is now committed to making the entire fashion industry more planet-friendly and woman-friendly, with net positive environmental impact and living wages for garment workers worldwide.  Federica Marchionni, the World Woman Hero, leads with courage, compassion, and creative curiosity to solve global challenges in a bold new way.

“Federica Marchionni as the World Woman Hero committed to making the entire fashion industry more planet-friendly and woman-friendly, with net positive environmental impact and living wages for garment workers worldwide. ”

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The World Woman Hero honorees include; Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Ghada Owais, Lebanese broadcast journalist Al-Jazeera; Fatma Al Nuaimi, Communications & Media Executive Director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), Qatar; Nicola Mendelsohn, VP of Global Business Group, Meta and Geralyn Ritter, EVP, External Affairs & ESG, Organon.

Global leaders from 30+ countries and 450 delegates attended the conference and World Woman Hero Awards during the World Economic Forum Week in the heart of Davos to launch a bold new gender equality agenda for women and girls. 

It is our honor to celebrate heroes like Federica Marchionni, who have dedicated their lives to improving the state of women’s and girls’ equality in a bold new way that is about dignity, choice, and equality. The new wave of change for women is possible only because of heroes like Federica, who lead the change by example. We are delighted to honor her with World Woman Hero Award 2023.” says Rupa Dash, Co-Founder, and CEO of, the World Woman Foundation

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