SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Launched globally today, Women Making Waves NFT (WMW) is the world’s first NFT collection and community membership that uses 50% of all sales to fund the rollout and scale of women’s rights law reform in Australia and the United States.
Co-founded by repeat tech entrepreneurs Jess Wilson (30) and Hayley Evans (43) from Sydney, Australia, the pair have joined global leaders in women’s rights law reform, mental wellbeing and technology to bring together a community of supporters committed to funding and scaling up reform of outdated women’s rights laws.
The WMW NFT collection consists of 10,000 unique digital collectibles featuring five female characters – a lawyer, paralegal, judge, psychologist and an entrepreneur – tailored for a millennial and Gen Z audience with more than 650 characteristics that make each piece completely unique. Each purchase unlocks access to an exclusive digital education platform featuring tailored content from WMW wellness partner The Chopra Foundation and its Never Alone initiative, which supports a worldwide movement committed to building peaceful, just, sustainable, healthy and joyful societies.
The inspiration behind this initiative comes from a very personal “why” and something close to co-founder Jessica Wilson’s heart.
At just 25 years old, Jessica Wilson already had a thriving business spanning 130 countries. The Sydney-based entrepreneur had recently placed second on a Chinese reality TV show in search of the next billion-dollar business idea.
The series – “The Next Unicorn”, which aired to over 15 million people per episode, had thrust Jess into the orbits of the business elite: billionaires, high-rolling celebrities and other powerful industry leaders – all eager to work with Jess.
But in 2016, while meeting with a potential investor during what she thought was going to be a business meeting, Jess was brutally sexually assaulted.
Shocked, she reached out to her mentor – someone she had idolized for years – only to be told to turn the other cheek.
Against advice, and against the odds, Jess stood up and launched a lawsuit against her high-powered attacker. After 18 months, she won. Now she wants to use her experience to change the law to benefit survivors.
In 2020, Jess teamed up with Hayley Evans, a global business, impact leader and technology investor responsible for building and scaling Tavistock Group’s ($14B) technology investment portfolio across 3 continents and actively developing a portfolio of companies to employ 350 people.
Many women’s rights and sexual assault laws in Australia were established over 120 years ago. When women couldn’t vote or open a business, let alone start one to disrupt the legal industry. While laws in recent years have been reformed to better reflect today’s societal values, these changes have been made by underfunded lobbyists and nonprofits that continue to be under-resourced and constrained to reach a point of scale.
The business model involves working with proven law reform experts such as Nina Funnell of #LetUsSpeak (Australia), a Walkley Award-winning journalist and pioneer of the #LetHerSpeak campaign who developed the strategy and implemented the work to overturn the gag laws out of Tasmania along with Australian of the Year Grace Tame and The Giving Block #1 crypto donation solution, providing an ecosystem for nonprofits and charities to raise Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (US), which has already helped fund organizations that have changed accumulated 30+ women’s rights laws from USA which has affected 30 million people to date.
To learn more about Women Making Waves and its mission or secure your spot on their pre-sale list, visit
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