A more equal 2023
Dear Womanity friends, As the new year starts, we reflect on the year gone by and look forward to a more equal 2023. Life with Covid started to feel like the new ‘normal’ to many people across the world. Continued economic problems, rising inflation and cost of living, the war in Ukraine, energy crisis and deepening of climate […]
CEO Announcement
The Womanity Foundation has appointed Laura Somoggi and Shivani Gupta as its Co-CEOs We are pleased to announce that Laura Somoggi and Shivani Gupta have been appointed co-CEOs of the Womanity Foundation as of June 2022. Laura and Shivani had acted as co-CEOs since the exit of our former CEO Rana Askoul in April 2022. This […]
Womanity Award 4 project Fla Sim pa Mudjer was officially launched in Cape Verde
The “Fla Sim pa Mudjer (Say Yes to Women, in English): Women together in the prevention of violence in Cape Verde” project in Cape Verde, Africa, was officially launched on 20 May 2022. The initiative, which won Womanity Foundation’s fourth Womanity Award, is the first step in a three-year international partnership between Themis Gender Justice […]
Say Yes to Women
How one organisation from Brazil and one from Cape Verde plan to raise awareness about women’s rights and access to justice to prevent domestic violence against women and girls One of our main goals at the Womanity Foundation is to promote gender equality and women’s rights. Our program Womanity Award focuses on prevention of violence […]
Agents for Change: Working with couples and communities in Kenya to challenge power imbalances and prevent domestic violence against women and girls
Violence against Women and Girls is a rising issue, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, it is estimated that one in three women have been subjected to intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their life (World Health Organization). In Kenya, the pandemic instigated a 92 percent rise in cases […]
FAITH BREAKS BARRIERS ACROSS COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
Violence against women and girls, and in particular domestic violence, is a major global issue. One in three women globally has been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime (World Health Organisation). Intimate partner and sexual violence is the result of factors occurring at individual, family, community and wider society […]