Destinations are more interesting when their protagonists are the ones who tell them
Alice Fauveau, economist and opera singer, she left her job to make a traveling dream come true: to set up an agency that would show the world through the eyes of women of the planet.
"We perceive fates through the tour guides, that tend to be mostly men -especially in developing countries-, and we are not aware of the amazing things women are doing, or what their situation is", they explain from Focus On Women , the agency that arose from that idea of Fauveau. To mitigate this reality, the company "creates a feminine universe from a cultural trip for small groups , full of experiences and encounters in which the woman is the protagonist ".
In this way, those who travel with FOW embark on an adventure in which local hostesses - entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, intellectuals... - show the day-to-day life of the destination, sometimes accompanied by Ciceros. These are, according to the agency, "women of the flag", like the former international correspondent Rosa Maria Calaf . The journalist, for example, has prepared an ** author's tour of Japan ** with which she intends to reveal the ins and outs of a country whose private sphere it is very difficult for a tourist to pass through.
"We make it easy for female travelers to establish friendship and professional networks , and what is more important: we create them bespoke experiences not found on Google. It is a journey that cannot be compared to anything for delve into the feminine through a universe of very powerful contacts. It is an experience that is never forgotten by the personal enrichment and cultural that it supposes for all of us", they explain from FOW.
So, for example, it is possible explore Marrakesh from the perspective of a writer "who will teach you the secrets of the Berber culture"; get lost in cuba from the hand of a photographer; discover Sikkim, "Tibetan India" , traveling "like a Victorian woman, in search of new adventures and unexplored places"; follow the trail of Marlene Dietrich in Berlin , which you will travel in pursuit of a local architect...
"Focus on Women gives you the opportunity to live a very unusual experience on a trip. And this makes it something very special. The thousands of women and some female spirit man who dare to try the Focus on Women trips return fascinated, since they not only make friends from your country with whom they can travel later, but rather establish links and networks of contact with women from the other side of the globe . Imagine what it can mean to meet women who do sumo In Japan, share an afternoon with film directors in Morocco, or a meeting with the Turkish Steve Jobs ...", they report from the company.