Combatting Online Violence Against Women – Webinar
As part of a joint campaign with Wikigender organised for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (2016), Womanity co-hosted an online discussion on ”Combatting online violence against women and girls”. The online discussion concluded with a lively and informative webinar, which you can enjoy below, about the topic. Guests speakers: Sara Baker from APC (Take Back the […]
Dona Bertarelli supports Womanity with new book
Dona Bertarelli supports Womanity with her new book “J’ai osé” It is with great honour that the Womanity Foundation announces the release of the book relating the incredible maritime adventure of her godmother, Dona Bertarelli, who has participated in one of the most difficult and gruelling of sailing challenges: the Jules Verne Trophy. Entitled J’ai osé The log […]
Participate: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
16 Day of Activism. Stop violence against women. As part of a joint campaign with the Womanity foundation and Wikigender organised for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we invite you to participate into two new and vibrant online discussions and webinars. Wikigender and the Womanity Foundation are partnering to lead a 2 […]
How to respond to online violence. A toolkit.
Online violence safety tips Sara Baker, global coordinator for the Take Back The Tech Campaign, shares with us a rich list of safety roadmaps, research references and toolkits to respond to online violence, protect yourself online and assist others who might need support. When women are attacked through ICT, their communication rights are at risk. […]
Take Back The Tech: 10 years of action on tech and gender violence
Take Back the Tech! Taking control of technology to end gender-based violence by Womanity Award winners APC’s Take Back the Tech team. Take Back the Tech! started as the seed of an idea in 2006, recognising the need to reclaim women’s historical contribution to technology development and to counter the growing expression of gender-based violence […]
Afghanistan's female coders defy gender stereotypes
Meet Afghanistan’s female coders who are defying gender stereotypes by Kirstie Brewer, The Guardian contributor In a country where just 16% of the workforce is female, teaching women to code can help foster greater equality, empowerment and economic stability. In the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, a small but determined contingent of young women […]
How simple mobile apps can help women's organizations grow their impact
Women’s groups or organizations working on gender based violence need simple yet efficient tools to measure their impact and improve their processes. As part of our ICTforWomanity series, Womanity interviews Gillian Javetski, Director of Partner Engagement at Dimagi – a social enterprise primarily known for developing CommCare, an online platform that enables anyone to build […]
5,000 Female Construction Workers Change Brazil’s Landscape
By Antonella Notari Vischer You can find the original article on the Huffington Post website In the small city of Canoas, Brazil, where gender stereotypes are deeply ingrained and 15 women a day are killed because of their gender, you’ll find more than 5,000 underprivileged women working in perhaps the world’s most male dominated sector: civil construction. While […]
Love, Acceptance, and Support on the Path to Gender Equality in Lebanon
Estephan “Tino” Bechara is a young man working with the Red Cross in Lebanon as a Youth and Health Trainer. He participated in the first validation workshop of Programme Ra with other young men. In July 2016, Lebanese NGO ABAAD–Resource Center for Gender Equality and Promundo launched Programme Ra in Beirut with support from the Womanity Foundation’s first-ever Womanity Award. The program, […]
Helping Lebanese Men and Boys Break Out of the “Box”
How to address the causes of domestic violence in Lebanon In July 2016, Lebanese NGO ABAAD–Resource Center for Gender Equality and Promundo launched Programme Ra in Beirut with support from the Womanity Foundation’s first-ever Womanity Award. Hussein Safwan provides psychosocial support services as part of ABAAD’s Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) Program in Choueifat, Lebanon. In the following interview, Hussein speaks […]