Girls Can Code And Girls Should Code in Afghanistan!
My experience as a Technical Supervisor of The Womanity Foundations’ ” Girls Can Code” Program, IT Expert, consultant and lecturer Every year, many bright girls graduate from high schools with good scores and, while many compete to entry University to secure a place in their faculties of choice, a huge number do not pursue higher education […]
Tech needs women
Why we need women in tech by Antonella Notari Vischer, Valentina Di Felice and Servane Mouazan To increase cross-sectoral productivity we must unleash the potential of girls and women in technology, science and math. Or regress. Digital technologies and big data analysis are revolutionising what we do and how we make things. They are driving […]
Join Womanity to celebrate #UniversalHumanity
Today, on 8th March 2017, as we mark International Women’s Day, Womanity joins forces with Thomas Iser, a contemporary artist, to launch the iOS (smartphone) application UniversalHumanity, with which we will all co-create an exclusive artwork celebrating humanity in all its awesome diversity. “We are one. We build humanity all together. We have different shapes, colours, beliefs but we […]
Women's Day – Bold For Change
Celebrate with us The International Women’s Day! We are Bold For Change In the past 11 years, Womanity has developed innovative approaches that empower women and girls to become active contributors of their society. Investing in women helps them to attain their own – often neglected – legitimate human rights and effectively produces positive ripple […]
How to mobilize communities to end violence against women
During this #ICTforWomanity series interview, we talk with Shruti Kapoor about crowdsourcing and neighborhood mobilization and how they are a force for good against gender based violence. Shruti is a gender equality activist, economist and social entrepreneur who is passionate about girls and women’s safety. Shaken by the horrific gang rape in Delhi in 2012 […]
Servane Mouazan Women's Day
Women’s Day: Servane Mouazan, women’s advocate Servane is closely supporting the Womanity Award winners Abaad, Promundo, Luchadoras and APC, in their efforts to prevent violence against women. Womanity: Who are you Servane and how did you come to collaborate with Womanity? Servane Mouazan: I am a social entrepreneur, an enthused women’s advocate and social justice […]
WomenChangeMakers: scaling social enterprises to boost women’s emancipation
Women everywhere are still struggling to reach economic autonomy, even if they work longer hours than men when we consider unpaid and informal work; they are still paid less than men for the same jobs, globally; they are underrepresented in political, corporate and academic leadership positions, everywhere; they are largely not allow to determine their […]
Giving purposefully, receiving plentifully
Give! The philanthropist motto By Yann Borgstedt, philanthropist, founder and chairman of the Womanity Foundation What does the word ‘give’ mean to you? Is it extending kindness to another, donating money to a good cause or offering your time and skills to help someone? Is it dedicating your resources and energy to empower others and […]
FILM: Women Take Back The Tech in Mexico
“There is a big empty space in which women have no access to technologies, just because they are women.” The Take Back The Tech! campaign recently celebrated 10 years of existence. That global campaign invites people to use technologies to combat online violence against women and for women to claim their participation in the development […]
Film: Gender equality in the Middle-East
How to change gender stereotypes Programme Ra discusses gender with young men living in Lebanon – including host and refugee communities. In this new film, produced by Abaad, we learn about the genesis of this curriculum that transforms gender stereotypes, and how the teams adapted it for the Middle East context. “Programme Ra” – named after Rajol, […]