"Cement and Lipstick"- Crowdfunding Campaign
Help more women in construction In 2013, WomenChangeMakers (WCM) Fellowship was awarded to Bia Kern, founder of the organization Mulher em Construção (MEC), in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. This month, she launched her crowdfunding campaign to enable 20 women from modest or disadvantaged backgrounds to work in the civil engineering sector. […]
Champions of Programme RA: Working with young men 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. The program, adapted from Promundo’s flagship Program H, encourages men and boys to challenge gender-based stereotypes, question traditional ideas of manhood, and contribute to ending all forms of gender-based […]
A new code for girls' futures in Afghanistan
By Claudia Cahalane and Antonella Notari Vischer A short version of this blog was published on 26 September 2016 on the Economist Intelligence Unit More people in the developing world have access to digital technologies than ever before According to the World Bank, the number of Internet users has more than tripled in the years […]
Women’s Empowerment Champions from India Attend Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
Mrs. Bijal Brahmbhatt of Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) and Mrs. Ajaita Shah of Frontier Markets, who provide dignified habitats and clean energy to destitute communities, and Mr. Maharishi Vaishnav of Educate Girls, which facilitates access to education for girls, are presenting their transformative work at the CGI global forum in New York City this week. […]
Womanity Award winners Promundo to partner with AXE for positive manhood
Promundo is proud to announce their new partnership with AXE to bring a message of positive, healthy, supportive manhood to more than half a million boys and men. You may be familiar with the Axe brand, but what you may not know is that Axe is now on a mission to fight the limitations of […]
The power of “Catalytic philanthropy”: From individual empowerment to systemic change
Research has repeatedly demonstrated that empowering girls and women significantly accelerates progress in developing economies, and that by nurturing women’s education, entrepreneurial spirit and leadership, whole communities thrive. So how can philanthropy and the socio-economic development sector invest in women in a meaningful manner, one that will bring about positive systemic change? At The Womanity […]
Mexican women battle gender-based violence online
“Women are changing the conversation about harassment, and this is a big deal” “I was 11 and a guy riding a bicycle came by and squeezed my breast. A woman on the street blamed me for wearing that blouse.” This was just one of many thousands of similarly disturbing social media posts during Mexico’s biggest ever […]
One nonprofit's surprising journey to teach girls how to code in Afghanistan
BY KATIE DUPERE You can find the original article on the Mashable website Inside a hot-pink classroom glowing with sunlight, 20 teen girls sit at refurbished desktop computers, tapping at their keyboards with laser focus. They’re all coding — and it’s a rare scene, considering the gender gap in technology around the world. But there’s something additionally unexpected […]
Yann Borgstedt – A philanthropist in a Woman’s World
A philanthropist in a Woman’s World The content of this story is based on an interview with successful entrepreneur turned philanthropist Yann Borgstedt, Founder and President of The Womanity Foundation, by Safeena Husain, Founder and Director of one of the Foundation’s most successful beneficiaries, Educate Girls Following the successful sale of his first venture, in 2005 Swiss […]
ICTFORWOMANITY Network | August Update
Helping Women Empower Themselves INTERVIEW | Hera Hussain: Helping Women Empower Themselves Hera Hussain founder of Chayn, speaks to Womanity about her award-winning, open-source project that leverages technology to empower women against violence and oppression so they can live happier and healthier lives.Running solely on the passion of more than 300 skilled volunteers from 13 […]