The 2022 BRICS Women's Innovation Contest was successfully held from March to May

Under the framework of the BRICS Women's Business Alliance (BRICS WBA), the Contest was initiated by the BRICS WBA's China Chapter and jointly organized by Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa Chapters

The contest finally selected 15 "Mulan Award" and 5 "Special Contribution for Combatting COVID-19 Pandemic" winners from 449 contestants

The Forum's theme - "Let Your Inner Strength Shine Through"

2022 BRICS Women's Leadership Forum was held at the same time with the Award Ceremony of BRICS Women Innovation Contest, on May 31

The Forum this year focused on innovation and entrepreneurship, women's achievements, careers, social responsibilities, and other issues of concern to various parties in the process of women's empowerment and development

The Forum provided a platform to share best practices and successful experiences, aiming to open up channels of dialogues for women's empowerment and development, and to lay a solid foundation for economic and trade cooperation among the BRICS countries

This report is prepared in the hope of providing an overview of current status and progress of women's development in the BRICS countries

The report extensively tracks and studies the current status of women's health, social security, education, economic opportunities and participation in decision-making and management in BRICS countries, and showcases the best practices in each country

This report also focuses on exploring the challenges and obstacles to women's development, and actively seeks solutions that can be broadly applied with the aim of improving women's healthcare, education and security, promoting women's career development and increasing women's economic and political participation