32: How Cherie Blair’s childhood lessons led to her championing entrepreneurship for women and impacting millions of lives

Banking On Girls

My guest today is Lady Cherie Blair CBE KC, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, a leading international human rights lawyer, a passionate campaigner for women’s equality, and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Cherie studied law at the London School of Economics, she’s a King’s Counsel, and a founding member of Omnia Strategy, a pioneering international law firm that provides strategic counsel to governments, corporates and private clients.

In 2008, Cherie established the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which partners with global organizations to support women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries, and has touched hundreds of thousands of lives around the world by aiming to close the economic gender gap through entrepreneurship.

In this episode Cherie tells us about lessons from her childhood, financial education for girls, and the importance of gender-centered programing.

We learn about the life-changing impact of teaching women entrepreneurial skills through the mentoring program at her foundation.

As a graduate mentor from the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Mentoring Women in Business Programme myself, I highly recommend getting involved if you have the opportunity!

You can learn more about the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women here: https://cherieblairfoundation.org/