CosBeauty Magazine #90

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THE WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S NEW IN BEAUTY.
ENDOTA SPA CEO WINS 2020
‘WORLD OF DIFFERENCE’ AWARD
Congratulations to Melanie
Gleeson, founder and CEO of
Endota Spa, who has been awarded
a 2020 World of Difference Award
by the International Alliance
for Women (TIAW) in the
Entrepreneurship category.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary,
TIAW is one of the leading global
charitable foundations dedicated to
the advancement of women all over
the globe.
The World of Difference Awards
recognise extraordinary women
and men from around the world
who have contributed to the
economic empowerment of women,
leadership and innovation, across
categories including education,
community, entrepreneurship,
government, NGOs and more.
Melanie Gleeson, the
Entrepreneurship Award recipient,
founded Endota Spa in 2000 and it
is now the largest day spa network in
Australia with over 100 spas across
the country.
Endota Spa is 100% founded by
women with an over 95% female
team – many of whom are working
flexible hours to achieve their dual
goals of career and family.
The majority of the spas are
franchises owned by women in their
local communities, employing mostly
women in all roles.
The ethos of the Endota Group
is to live consciously and give
back wherever possible. Besides
providing women with opportunity
pathways from training (by way of
its Wellness College) through to
employment in, and/or ownership of
one or more of the spas, Endota is
financially empowering an inspiring
group of Indigenous women
located in Fitzroy Crossing, Western
Australia, whose artwork appears on
product packaging and who receive
a percentage of sales in return.
Over the years, many thousands of
Australian women have found their
way to a better financial future in a
uniquely female-focused business.
TIAW President Diane Tompson
explains the organisation’s focus is
on building an ‘inclusive economy’
for all, driven by increasing women’s
participation and contribution.
“TIAW has been uniting, supporting
and promoting women and
their chosen networks across all
continents, and in turn supporting
and strengthening the global
economic fabric for 40 years,” she
says. “As Ruth Bader Ginsburg
stated: ‘Women belong in all places
where decisions are made’ and we
are seeking to ensure that they are in
those places.”
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