Balance for Better: Neelam Chhiber, social entrepeneur
As part of our International Women’s Day blog series, we have interviewed some of the brilliant people that make our work at Womanity possible. Industree Foundation was selected as a WomenChangeMaker (WCM) in 2013. In this interview, we hear from their founder Neelam Chhiber on what she has learnt from the WCM programme, and on […]
Balance for Better: Maysoun Odeh, Founder of Radio Nisaa
As part of our International Women’s Day blog series, we have interviewed some of the brilliant people that make our work at Womanity possible. In this blog, we hear from Maysoun Odeh, Founder of Radio Nisaa, on what Balance for Better means to her. Tell me a bit about how Radio Nisaa started? Nisaa FM […]
Radio Nisaa: Let’s hear the women!
For women in the MENA region, pushing back against unrealistic or harmful gender stereotypes in media has long been a battle. According to research, approximately 78.68% of images of Arab women in Arab media are negative (Arab World Development Report). Meanwhile just 4% of regional news stories challenge gender stereotypes. One sided reporting As a […]
Balance for Better: Disruptive Media
As part of our International Women’s Day blog series, we have interviewed some of the brilliant people that make our work at Womanity possible. In this blog, we hear from Rana Askoul, Head of Disruptive Media, on what makes B100Ragl special, and what “Balance for Better” means to her. ——- Tell me a bit about […]
Balance for Better: Storytelling in the fight for equality
At Womanity Foundation, addressing gender injustice issues is front and centre of what we do. We also firmly believe that media is an extremely powerful tool for change in the fight for gender equality. It’s well known that media plays a major factor in shaping power relations, societal norms, and attitudes to gender roles. Currently […]
Balance for Better: Collaboration for gender equality
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #BalanceforBetter. At Womanity, “balance” underpins all of our work. To mark International Women’s Day, we have a written a blog series that tells the story of our programmes through the lens of how they are helping to achieve balance for better. In this first blog of the series, Rafia Qureshi, Executive […]
Fashion for Good
Fashion is big business. The number of garments produced globally exceeded 100 billion for the first time in 2014 (McKinsey 2016). Meanwhile it’s estimated that the global garment and textile industries employ between 60 million to 75 million people worldwide (Fashion United). But fashion has a dark side. It’s the second dirtiest industry in the world, […]
Media coalition to tackle gender inequality in the Middle East
In December, Womanity hosted an event that brought together influencers from across the media sector to discuss “Digital Media and Gender Equality”. In this blog, Rana Askoul, Head of Media Programmes, reflects on the state of gender equality in the Middle East and the role media can play in promoting more gender equitable attitudes and […]
Luchadoras new campaign to tackle online violence
Womanity supports La Clika, a campaign to tackle online violence This International Day of Education, Luchadoras, La Sandía Digital and Association for Progressive Communications are launching a new campaign to reach young women who are experiencing or might face cyber violence. The campaign, called La Clika “Libres en línea”, is a result of funding and […]
WOW Festival Brazil delivers the WOW Factor
A woman is murdered every 2 hours in Brazil. This was just one of the many shocking facts I learned at this year’s WOW (Women of the World) Festival In Brazil. The 3 day event took place between 16 – 18 November and was WOW’s first festival in Latin America. First launched in 2010, WOW […]