Yann Borgstedt: Speaker and Judge at MIT Start-up Forum Conference in Saudi
Yann Borgstedt, Founder of Womanity, was speaker and judge at the conference Time to Invest in Arab Youth and Their Innovations, organised by MIT Technology Review Arab Edition and the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab, that took place on April 14th 2016 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The conference was centred on the opportunities […]
A life after gender violence: how you can "stand tall"
As part of our ICTforWomanity interviews, we talked to Esther Marshall, founder of sTandTall, an initiative that helps women and girls who have been abused or bullied get back on their feet. When Esther Marshall was younger, she thought she had found someone who loved her. “Sometimes he did seem to love me. But at […]
Yann Borgstedt: Winner of the BORN Awards 2016
Yann Borgstedt, Founder of Womanity, was awarded the Social Impact Prize at BORN Awards 2016. “You have to have the humility to hire people who are smarter than you – says Yann Borgstedt, entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder of The Womanity Foundation, born in Switzerland. A successful businessman and entrepreneur, Borgstedt wanted to share his good fortune […]
What Online Harassers Really Want – Q&A with Nighat Dad of Digital Rights Foundation
Nighat Dad, Executive Director of Digital Rights Foundation based in Pakistan, answers our questions about online harassment, a growing form of violence against women. Nighat defines herself as a lawyer and activist, someone who fights harassment, sexism, misogyny, and gender inequality everyday. Womanity: What does the Digital Rights Foundation do? Nighat Dad: We promote awareness of civil liberties, we advocate for […]
Program H: 6 Key Take-Aways from Learning Visits with Promundo Brazil
What does it take for men and boys to reflect about manhood? In the past decades, many women’s rights advocates have learnt that improving the health and wellbeing of adult and young women also requires engaging men, adult and young. Program H is an evidence-based project that started in 2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. […]
In conversation with Yann Borgstedt, Founder of Womanity Foundation
Meet Womanity founder Yann Borgstedt, and find out why he set up Womanity to address the needs of women and girls around the world, and the impact that the foundation is having.
TIME's "The Secret War Crime" Highlights Promundo's Living Peace Initiative as Part of the Effort to Prevent Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
This week, Womanity Award winners Promundo shared they were “humbled to be mentioned in TIME’s cover story “The Secret War Crime”, written by Aryn Baker. Against a background of horrific and widespread sexual violence in conflict, Baker narrates the stories of victims and survivors of this violence – and of those who are working for […]
If she can see it, she can (more likely) be it
Article from Thompson Reuters Foundation by Antonella Notari Vischer. Girls attend a class at their school in a village outside Yemen’s capital Sanaa February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah. A girl’s emancipation starts with being able – and permitted – to envision a strong, meaningful role for herself in society. If she can confidently base her professional, social […]
How ICT's Can Help Prevent Violence Against Women – Online Event
The ICTforWomanity network’s first public event will take place during the Global Tech Women Voices Conference, a public online session with the 4 pairs of Womanity Award finalists. “How ICT’s Can Help Prevent Violence Against Women”. In May 2016, the Womanity Award will be given to two partners who harness ICT to prevent violence against […]
Many thought ours was a mission impossible…
Starting a women’s radio station for the Arab world might have seemed ambitious. But nearly six years on, it’s going from strength to strength. Radio Nissa founder Maysoun Odeh Gangat shares the story behind the ground-breaking radio station, created as a joint initiative with The Womanity Foundation… and how it has helped empower women. Seven […]