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 […]
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 […]
Statement by Yann Borgstedt, Founder, The Womanity Foundation
We are deeply concerned about the safety and freedom of women and girls in Afghanistan, especially with regards to the uncertainty of their access to education and employment. According to the United Nations, an estimated 4.2 million children are out of school, including more than 2.2 million girls. Since January this year, approximately 435,000 women […]
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, […]