A window to the outside world
SOWCoders Bootcamp, 8th – 23th February 2020 At Womanity we strongly believe that technology catalyzes connections, helps overcome physical and geographical boundaries and has the power to bridge realities which are very different from each other. Our program Girls Can Code (GCC) works with four schools in Afghanistan to provide 16 to 19-year-old girls with coding skills, […]
TecnoLovers: Luchadoras new web series on women and technology
TecnoLovers: Luchadoras new web series This weekend, Womanity Award recipients Luchadoras, a feminist organisation in Mexico, are launching a web series to highlight the role of women in technology. Luchadoras together with La Sandía Digital and Association for Progressive Communications (APC) have been working in partnership for the last three years to adapt the global […]
Industree Foundation awarded the White House Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Fund
Industree awarded the White House Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Fund The White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) initiative seeks to economically empower over 50 million women in the developing world by 2025. W-GDP recently announced 14 new projects which will reach 100,000+ women through more than 200 public- and private-sector partners world-wide. Industree […]
Girls Can Code at World Summit on the Information Society
Written by Lea Dettwiler, Programme Assistant Girls Can Code and Valentina Di Felice, Head of Impact and Learning. —- Girls Can Code at WSIS Last April The Womanity Foundation attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum to present Girls Can Code. 2019 marked the 10th edition of the biggest International Telecommunication Union […]
Balance for Better: Laura Somoggi
“We find organisations that have implemented innovative projects that tackle gender-based violence” 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 interview, we hear from Programme Manager Laura Somoggi, on what she enjoys most about her work, and […]
STEM for gender equality
Balance for Better: STEM for gender equality Globally, women are underrepresented in STEM. According to UNESCO, just 29% of those in science, research and development are women, with a low of 19% in South and West Asia. In Afghanistan in 2016, women’s participation in the labour force was only at 19% (UNESCO). The major barrier […]
Balance for Better: Girls Can Code
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 interview, we hear from Girls Can Code Programme Director on what he enjoys most about his work, and what #BalanceforBetter means to him. — Girls participation in the STEM field […]
Balance for Better: investing in women entrepreneurs
“I’m out.” The dreaded phrase we hear time and again watching Dragons Den from the comfort of our sofas. Launching a new business is not easy. It takes time, hard work and grit. As a female entrepreneur it’s even tougher. In 2017 female founders received just 2% of venture capital dollars, despite women-led businesses growing […]
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 […]