Cover The nominations for the Front & Female Awards Singapore 2026 are now open
The nominations for the Front & Female Awards Singapore 2026 are now open
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The Front & Female Awards Singapore, which recognises the individuals inspiring progress and effecting change for women and girls, returns this year. Help us highlight the individuals advancing women in Singapore
The Front & Female Awards returns to Singapore for its second edition later this year, following a successful inaugural event in September 2025 and awards ceremonies in Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.
First launched in Hong Kong in 2022, the Front & Female Awards recognises individuals who are inspiring progress and effecting meaningful change for women and girls—directly or indirectly—through their work and lives. This includes those who are:
- Blazing a trail and breaking barriers so others can follow
- Advocating for rights and equality
- Closing gender gaps
- Driving the female agenda
- Serving as a role model for other women
Nominees should have launched or grown an impactful initiative or made demonstrable impact within in the past 18 months that inspires or supports the advancement of women, predominantly in Singapore.
Please note: multiple nominations for the same individual do not increase their likelihood of being shortlisted or selected.
Front & Female Awards categories
For the Front & Female Awards Singapore 2026, we aim to award individuals in the following categories:
- Social Impact Award: For an individual supporting underserved, overlooked, vulnerable, underprivileged or minority women and girls, and/or seeking to drive human rights and equality.
- Business Leader Award: For an individual helping to elevate and advance women in corporate, business or professional fields.
- Founder Award: For a female entrepreneur or founder breaking ground for other women and helping to close the gender gap.
- Innovation Award: For an individual driving progress for women and girls or advancing the female agenda in a particularly visionary, innovative or unusual way.
- Well-being Award: For an individual whose work addresses the well-being of women and girls, whether physical, mental, social, sexual or financial.
- Rising Champion: For an individual under 30 years old (on 30/6/2026) who is working to champion women and girls and drive their advancement.
Whether you are nominating yourself or someone you know or admire, we would love to hear from you. Please complete our public nomination form before June 12, 2026.
What happens next
Once nominations close, we will vet the nominees and compile a shortlist to send to our Voting Committee—a panel comprised of some of the most influential leaders in Singapore spanning a wide range of industries and areas of expertise. They will vote for their top candidate in each category, and the results will be tallied internally to determine the final winners of the Front & Female Awards Singapore 2026.
Beyond celebrating the people who empower, advocate and elevate women—and their achievements, the Front & Female Awards aims to amplify their impact—through editorial content and by connecting awardees with our extensive community. Winners will be announced in September 2026.
The Front & Female Awards celebrates the individuals advancing women. We are accepting public nominations for the Front & Female Awards Singapore until June 12, 2026. Please note: multiple nominations for the same individual do not increase their likelihood of being shortlisted or selected.
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Rachel Duffell is regional content director for Power & Purpose, including Front & Female, and former regional content director for Tatler Dining. She is a journalist and editor who has been covering people, gender, impact, leadership, culture and lifestyle for more than 15 years.
