BRICS Women’s Business Alliance announces WEFORUM 2025: registration now open
Event on March 26 and 27 will bring together — in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais — businesswomen, leaders and representatives from different sectors, both from Brasil and other countries in the Global South group.
The Women Entrepreneurs Forum — WEFORUM 2025 — is now in its fourth edition towards strengthening female entrepreneurship and women's leadership in the job market. The event will be held at the SESIMINAS Theater in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, on March 26 and 27, bringing together businesswomen, leaders of organizations and representatives from various sectors, both from Brasil and other BRICS countries.
During the two-day event in the capital of Minas Gerais, the public will be able to participate in debates on topics such as the creative industry, infrastructure, mobility, and innovation in health, energy and international trade.
The main activities include panels with executives from large companies, representatives of professional associations and government officials. The event will address trends in the international market, expansion strategies, sustainability and success stories that show how women have been transforming different sectors of the economy, contributing to the growth and strengthening of various businesses.
The event will also include business meetings with international buyers on March 27, focusing mainly on the fashion, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors, and enabling strategic international connections. Registrations for the meetings can be made here.
Previous editions of WEFORUM demonstrate the growing impact of the event: more than 130 lectures have been held, with the participation of more than 30 exhibiting entities and representatives from more than 30 countries. In total, around 5,000 leaders were impacted, highlighting the international scope and transformative potential of the event. For more information, please visit the website.
Women in BRICS
The initiative is part of the schedule of the BRICS Women's Business Alliance (BRICS WBA), which is holding this event in partnership with the Council of Women Entrepreneurs and Culture (Conselho da Mulher Empreendedora e da Cultura /CMEC), the São Paulo Commercial Association, Federation of Commercial and Business Associations of the State of Minas Gerais (Federação das Associações Comerciais e Empresariais do Estado de Minas Gerais /Federaminas), Confederation of Commercial and Business Associations of Brasil (Confederação das Associações Comerciais e Empresariais do Brasil/CACB), Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Minas Gerais/FIEMG), Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of the State of Minas Gerais (Federação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Estado de Minas Gerais/FAEMG) National Rural Learning Service (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural/SENAR), Brazilian Institute of Business and International Relations (Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Empresariais e Internacionais/IBREI), Federation of Trade in Goods, Services, Tourism, and the Similar of the State of Minas Gerais (Federação do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo do Estado de Minas Gerais/Fecomércio-MG System), Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas/SEBRAE), the National Confederation of Industries (Confederação Nacional da Indústria/CNI), the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos /ApexBrasil) and the Federal Government; sponsored by Development Bank of Minas Gerais (Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais/BDMG), Inter-American Development Bank (Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento/IDB), Development Company of Minas Gerais (Companhia de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais /CODEMGE), National Confederation of Transportation (Confederação Nacional do Transporte/CNT), Natura, Sabin and Sigma; and supported by Al Invest Verde, Beauty Fair, Brasilcham Sweden, Chamber of Foreign Trade of Minas Gerais (Câmara de Comércio Exterior de Minas Gerais /CECIEX), the Council of the European Union, DC News, Daily Commerce (Diário do Comércio), Federaminas Women, Global Gateway, Infra Women Brasil, Invest Minas, Lady Diamond, MNPT Mulheres de Negócios, UNDP, WICCI, Rede CIN and the Government of Minas Gerais.