Women Changemakers Lunch & Coworking Pop-Up in Bali
A safe place for women changemakers (and aspiring women changemakers) to meet one another;
A small-scale gathering where you can genuinely connect — and actually spend time working alongside one another;
A community where you don’t just network, but show up as you are and participate equally as an agent of change;
A space to share what you’re working on, exchange ideas, offer support, and spark new collaborations;
A tribe you can return to — to build trust, intergenerational friendships, and a shared sense of momentum.
This is what this gathering is about.
We’re inviting women and non-binary changemakers in Bali to come together for a Coworking & Collaboration Pop-Up — a lightly facilitated, intentionally designed space to connect, co-create, and get practical work done together — all in a beautiful and inspiring venue, Mana Earthly Paradise in Ubud.
This is not a panel or a presentation. It’s a participatory space where everyone is both a contributor and a beneficiary — bringing their current projects, questions, and ideas, and leaving with clearer next steps, new collaboration opportunities, and mutual support.
Join us to:
share what you’re currently working on,
surface where support from others or collaboration might be helpful, and
work alongside fellow changemakers who get it.
Think: intentional check-ins, collaborative energy, deep focus time, spontaneous problem-solving, and the quiet power of working in community rather than alone.
If this is the space you need, we hope to see you there!
**Limited to 20 participants**
Tentative rundown:
12 - 2pm Opening Circle & Connection Lunch with our special guest, Tomo Hamakawa
2 - 5pm Co-working & Collaboration (Bring your laptop & projects with you!)
Remarks: The event entry is free. Yet, to support our venue partner, upon registration each participant shall agree to purchase at least one food and one drink during the event. Thank you!
What is Women Changemakers Community Series?
The idea began in the summer of 2023 when two changemakers in Hong Kong, Carmen Chan (Girls Be Change) and Dorothy Lam (Dream Impact), questioned and envisioned what an ideal community is. We need a safe place among women changemakers to have organic meetups, intentional conversations and idea exchange with social ease, find inspirations and encouragement from each other, and build authentic friendships and support networks.
The first Women Changemakers Community Gathering was held in Hong Kong on March 8, 2024 at International Women’s Day. Ever since then, Girls Be Change partnered with 40+ organizations and gathered 400+ women changemakers in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, and Tanzania, Denmark, Peru, and the US. With 20+ gatherings around the globe, a vibrant community of global women changemakers was formed and connected virtually to raise questions, exchange ideas, and celebrate wins.
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Co-Organizer:
Carmen Chan | Girls Be Change
Carmen is a people-driven entrepreneur. Since the age of 25, she has been running her own ventures, including her namesake jewelry brand, Carmen Chan Jewelry; creative agency, Studio C; and lately, her new social business, Girls Be Change.
Carmen Chan Jewelry celebrates the beauty of imperfection through jewelry and accessory design. Carmen was awarded as the finalist of Lane Crawford Calling Out For the Next New 2015 and highlighted in Facebook #SheMeansBusiness in 2016. Studio C is a creative agency that provides public relations, marketing, and design services with clients including Taylor Swift, Marriott International, Hong Kong Design Centre, Affordable Art Fair, and more.bout
Girls Be Change is a social business that empowers girls and women to be explorers and changemakers. Carmen spent years understanding the challenges of women leaders and struggles of underserved women, and finally decided to transform her expertise in problem solving throughout her journey of entrepreneurship into this new venture with the goal to eradicate gender inequality and build strong impact eco-system collectively.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmenbechange/
Stephanie Arrowsmith | Impact Hub
Stephanie is a social innovation strategist, facilitator and experience designer working at the intersections of social impact, sustainability and systems change. She is co-founder of Impact Hub Jakarta, a community hub for changemakers in Indonesia’s capital city, Board Director of the Impact Hub Global Network and co-founder of Gatherings, a studio facilitating experiences that create organisational alignment, elevate human connection and unlock collective potential. Born in Jakarta and raised in Australia, she is a third culture kid, an anthropologist, a community builder and passionate about designing spaces for radical collaboration, co-creation and inclusion.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniearrowsmith/
https://www.stephaniearrowsmith.com/
Special Guest:
Tomo Hamakawa | Mana Earthly Paradise, Earth Company
Tomo is a seasoned development professional having lived and worked in various corners of the world from the Tibetan plateau, Indian drylands, Indonesian tropics, to Japanese metropolises. He has extensive field experience working for international and local development NGOs across Asia and Africa, including Kopernik, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, and the World Bank. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at the Global Leadership Program at the University of Tokyo.
Tomo has a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard College, a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and was an Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellow (2008) and Innovation Fellow (2020) at the East-West Center. In 2014 Tomo was awarded the Dalai Lama's Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award. He is also the co-founder of Mana Earthly Paradise and an impact advisor for Naorai Co., Ltd.
Tomo currently lives in Bali, Indonesia with his wife and four children.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomo-hamakawa-6802434/
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About Girls Be Change
Girls Be Change is a global social business that empowers girls and women to become explorers, leaders, and changemakers. Through community-building initiatives, impact-driven expeditions, and transformative retreats, we create spaces—both online and offline—where women can learn, connect, and co-create solutions for a more equitable and sustainable future.
Since our founding in 2024, Girls Be Change has brought together a community of over 400 women changemakers from around the world, forming partnerships with more than 40 organizations and hosting 20+ gatherings across cities including Hong Kong, Bali, Jakarta, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Copenhagen, New York, and Lima. Together, we are redefining what it means to lead with purpose, collaboration, and courage.
About Impact Hub
We are Impact Makers – the dreamers, doers, thinkers, and leaders committed to building a just and sustainable society.
Our global network builds a regenerative economy where business and profit serve people and the planet, connecting 500K+ Impact Makers worldwide and creating 47K+ jobs since 2012. To date, there are 120+ Impact Hubs worldwide.
We inspire, connect, and enable Impact Makers worldwide. Together, our mission is to build a just and sustainable world where business and profit serve people and the planet.
About Mana Earthly Paradise
Mana Earthly Paradise is an award-winning eco villas for your regenerative holiday
We are a next-generation eco-villas, run by an NGO, Earth Company, where sustainability is at the forefront of everything we do.
From our earth bag villas to our probiotic restaurant and conscious store, we're doing our best to be mindful, eco-conscious and socially responsible. With regenerative practices and innovative eco-tech, we're doing part of the solution, not the problem.
We believe that tourism has the power to create positive change in the world. Our long-term vision is to be a leading model of sustainable and regenerative tourism, where the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants is at the forefront of all our decisions.
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This gathering is only opened to women/womxn and non-binary changemakers (or aspiring women/womxn and non-binary changemakers).
Language: English
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