How ICT's Can Help Prevent Violence Against Women – Online Event
The ICTforWomanity network’s first public event will take place during the Global Tech Women Voices Conference, a public online session with the 4 pairs of Womanity Award finalists. “How ICT’s Can Help Prevent Violence Against Women”. In May 2016, the Womanity Award will be given to two partners who harness ICT to prevent violence against […]
Many thought ours was a mission impossible…
Starting a women’s radio station for the Arab world might have seemed ambitious. But nearly six years on, it’s going from strength to strength. Radio Nissa founder Maysoun Odeh Gangat shares the story behind the ground-breaking radio station, created as a joint initiative with The Womanity Foundation… and how it has helped empower women. Seven […]
Can Media and ICTs End Violence Against Women?
A recently published BBC article on the role of feminism in mainstream media illustrates the role that media can play in both creating meaningful content and affecting real, social change for gender equality, by exploring the example of Egypt and incidences of media influencing social change, and how women breaking the barriers of inequality are […]
The Womanity Foundation celebrates 10 years of global action to empower women and girls
The Womanity Foundation’s upcoming gala, on 4 February 2016, in Geneva, will focus on the role of media for empowering women and achieving social change and will welcome many talented international artists and personalities. Set in a TV studio décor that symbolizes the role of media for the advancement of women, the Womanity Foundation’s sixth […]
2016 Womanity Award Finalists Announced
Tackling violence against women through ICTs is a cornerstone of Womanity’s work in 2016. By convening actors driving innovation to prevent violence against women through the Womanity Award for the prevention of Violence Against Women, the foundation will provide three-years of support to two Awardees who will scale-up a successful innovation in a new context. […]
Two Ground Breaking Social Entrepreneurs Join The Womenchangemakers Fellowship In Brazil
The Womanity Foundation is proud to announce its two newly selected WomenChangeMakers (WCM) Fellows in Brazil: Anke Riedel of Casa Angela, a physician whose mission is to humanize birth and improve mortality rates; and Lilian do Prado, co-founder and executive director of Acreditar, a holistic business incubator focusing on youth and women in remote, underserved […]
Welcoming New WomenChangeMakers Fellows in India
The Womanity Foundation is proud to announce its newly selected WomenChangeMakers (WCM) India Fellows and WCM Associate Fellow after last month’s thorough selection process. Based on the jury’s recommendations, the Womanity Foundation is welcoming the following two WCM Fellows and a WCM Associate Fellow to its respectively three and one year support program: Ajaita Shah – Founder […]
Ghida Anani’s Bold Quest for Gender Equality in the Middle East
Ask any of her staff and they will tell you that Ghida Anani is a mission-driven social entrepreneur, a strategic thinker, and a leader who knows how to encourage and challenge her team. Beyond her network of supporters, however, Anani is often the subject of controversy. She is the founder of the Beirut-based ABAAD Resource […]
How to change from a gender-justice advocate, to an internet rights activist
This week we interview Sara Baker, global coordinator of Take Back the Tech!Take Back the Tech! is a campaign of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Q: How did Take Back the Tech! get started and how has it evolved? APC has a women’s rights program that focuses on several different areas related to tech […]
7 Missed Opportunities in Using Tech to Fight Violence Against Women
Piece by Hera Hussain originally published in ICTworks “Technology is a key piece in preventing and ending violence against women. As the number of women with access to the internet and internet-enabled devices increases, so does the potential for social impact of “tech for good” projects. Access to internet-enabled devices has been found to be […]