Update April 4, 2024:Hi everyone, thank you for taking part in this challenge! Submissions are closed as of April 1. Please allow us some time to go through all the entries. We will announce the results in a new post. Stay tuned!
Inspired by International Women’s Day on March 8th and our community’s dedication to supporting women-owned businesses, we’re kicking off a new challenge!
Here’s how to take part and win a Connect badge.
The challenge
Write a helpful review of an actual experience you had at a women-owned business.
Mention in your review that the place is women-owned. If the listing doesn’t have the “Identifies as women-owned” attribute yet, you can encourage the owner to add it.
Post your review on Maps after the start of this challenge, March 6.
Share a link to your review in the comments below before March 31 (included).
Note: To share a review, open Google Maps on your computer or phone, go to your profile, find your review, and tap the Share button under it. Copy the link and paste it in a comment below.
We will consider helpfulness, quality, and originality. This means that you should describe your genuine experience in your own words and not copy information from the internet. Your review should follow our Community policy and the Maps user-generated content policy.
The winners
Everyone whose review follows the challenge instructions and criteria above will be awarded a Connect challenge winner badge! Even if you already have the one- and three-time winner badges, don’t hesitate to take part and support women-owned businesses near you.
Winners will be announced in a new post.
Join this challenge by March 31. Share your Google Maps review in the comments below for a chance to win a Connect badge!
Wow! @Ivi_Ge This is a great challenge and impactful too. I will use this opportunity to find out women-led business near me, help add them on the map, patronize them and leave a review. That way, I will be giving back to my community while helping them grow their business online.
Hi @Ivi_Ge It’s a great challenge. I always give priority to the businesses I choose that are managed by women. And I believe that I should support them. This week, I was going to go to a newly opened manti restaurant whose manager is a woman. This challenge increased my desire to go even more.
It’s really a great challenge to empower our women strength @Ivi_Ge
In our belief of Hinduism, Shakti (women form of supreme God), the divine feminine energy, embodies power and creation. Many goddesses are revered, reflecting respect for women’s strength. However, societal norms can restrict women’s freedoms. Despite this, education for girls is valued and women are making strides towards empowerment. @Jesi
We must really support the women-empowerment and your idea of such challenge is really great to dedicate something for our real life heroes. I would definitely try to be part of the this chalenge
Thank you for sharing this exciting initiative! Celebrating International Women’s Day and supporting women-owned businesses is crucial to women’s economic and social empowerment. Count me in for the challenge I’ll be submitting my review soon.
I’m travelling overseas at the moment @Ivi_Ge and just dropped in for a quick visit and saw your wonderful challenge. Thank you for this opportunity and even though I’m travelling, I will try to participate and give my support to some women-owned business.
I’ll try to participate, but the main issue I have is that I can’t tell for sure the women working in a business are the owner of it. I’ll edit this post if I can be sure of a business being owned by a woman and share the review of it.
On google maps it’s not indicated this business is owned by a woman. Can I indicate this as a local guide or is it up to the person who owns this business to do this? In the last case, this will be difficult as the lady is not so handy with computers etc.
The second contribution is not a business, but it’s an organisation that wants to empower women by organising things to do in their spare times, inform and help them by providing courses, … Perhaps it’s not a good candidate for participation in this challenge, but by becoming a member of this organisation I found many friends, could do some interesting activities, … I could build up my own network.
