Woman Supporting Women
Woman Supporting Women recognises a female business owner whose work creates practical opportunities, progress and support for other women. It celebrates measurable outcomes delivered through employment, mentoring, education, advocacy, programs, services or business initiatives.
Is this your category?
A quick read on the businesses this title is written for.
Leads a business that creates meaningful opportunities or outcomes for women.
Can demonstrate measurable progress in women's success, wellbeing, capability or visibility.
Uses leadership, resources or influence to support women through practical action.
Builds collaboration, access or opportunity through the work of the business.
What judges need to see.
The five areas your answers are assessed against.
Foundation
Foundation: The purpose of the business and the women it is designed to support or benefit.
Results
Results: Measurable outcomes created for women through the entrant's work.
Decisions
Decisions: Programs, services, initiatives or strategies developed to increase access, opportunity or progress.
Leadership
Leadership: Mentoring, advocacy, employment and the entrant's ability to elevate other women.
Impact
Impact: Broader contribution to women's advancement and the direction of that work over time.
Evidence to start gathering
Start collecting these now so the writing is quick later.
Read the Evidence Pack guideParticipation and completion data from programs or initiatives.
Employment, promotion or progression outcomes for women.
Client or participant results with measurable change.
Survey or feedback data.
Mentoring outcomes or documented case studies.
Partnerships that increased access or opportunity for women.
Testimonials describing specific results.
Industry or community initiatives with documented outcomes.
Entry details and eligibility
The format, the dates and the conditions that apply to this title.
The entrant must be a female business owner or founder.
The business must be at least 51% female-owned.
- Assessment period
- 2024–27.
- Minimum business age
- 12 months.
- Written responses
- 5.
- Evidence Pack
- 5 pages.
1 January 2024 to 28 February 2027
Minimum 12 months in business as at 4 October 2026.
5 written responses, up to 400 words each.
One PDF, up to 5 pages and 10 MB.
Resources
Before you enter
Five short reads that answer almost everything. Each one opens the Entry Guide at the right place.
Evidence Pack guide
What counts as evidence, what does not, and how to lay the PDF out.
Full eligibility
The rules that apply to every title, including trading dates and locations.
How judging works
Who reads your entry, how it is scored and how finalists are chosen.
Build a strong entry
How to answer the five questions with specifics instead of adjectives.
Frequently asked questions
Costs, deadlines, multiple entries and everything else people ask first.
RAYE Awards 2027
Woman Supporting Women
Entries are written and submitted in the RAYE Awards portal, a separate system to RAYE Haus. Read the criteria, gather your evidence, then head across.