Tips for Women Online Activists
“To build your movement: grow awareness, increase knowledge and co-create tools” As winners of the second Womanity Award with Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Mexican based Luchadoras and Sandía Digital are coordinating a new entity called Siemprevivas [“Always Alive”], the new name for the localization of the Take Back The Tech! campaign in Mexico. Siemprevivas […]
Women's Day – Bold For Change
Celebrate with us The International Women’s Day! We are Bold For Change In the past 11 years, Womanity has developed innovative approaches that empower women and girls to become active contributors of their society. Investing in women helps them to attain their own – often neglected – legitimate human rights and effectively produces positive ripple […]
How to mobilize communities to end violence against women
During this #ICTforWomanity series interview, we talk with Shruti Kapoor about crowdsourcing and neighborhood mobilization and how they are a force for good against gender based violence. Shruti is a gender equality activist, economist and social entrepreneur who is passionate about girls and women’s safety. Shaken by the horrific gang rape in Delhi in 2012 […]
Servane Mouazan Women's Day
Women’s Day: Servane Mouazan, women’s advocate Servane is closely supporting the Womanity Award winners Abaad, Promundo, Luchadoras and APC, in their efforts to prevent violence against women. Womanity: Who are you Servane and how did you come to collaborate with Womanity? Servane Mouazan: I am a social entrepreneur, an enthused women’s advocate and social justice […]
Participate: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
16 Day of Activism. Stop violence against women. As part of a joint campaign with the Womanity foundation and Wikigender organised for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we invite you to participate into two new and vibrant online discussions and webinars. Wikigender and the Womanity Foundation are partnering to lead a 2 […]
Take Back The Tech: 10 years of action on tech and gender violence
Take Back the Tech! Taking control of technology to end gender-based violence by Womanity Award winners APC’s Take Back the Tech team. Take Back the Tech! started as the seed of an idea in 2006, recognising the need to reclaim women’s historical contribution to technology development and to counter the growing expression of gender-based violence […]
Afghanistan's female coders defy gender stereotypes
Meet Afghanistan’s female coders who are defying gender stereotypes by Kirstie Brewer, The Guardian contributor In a country where just 16% of the workforce is female, teaching women to code can help foster greater equality, empowerment and economic stability. In the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, a small but determined contingent of young women […]
How simple mobile apps can help women's organizations grow their impact
Women’s groups or organizations working on gender based violence need simple yet efficient tools to measure their impact and improve their processes. As part of our ICTforWomanity series, Womanity interviews Gillian Javetski, Director of Partner Engagement at Dimagi – a social enterprise primarily known for developing CommCare, an online platform that enables anyone to build […]
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 […]
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 […]