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ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2 Womanity Annual Report 2018 Womanity Annual Report 2018 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2 Womanity Annual Report 2018 Womanity Annual Report 2018 3 LETTER FROM OUR FOUNDER THE WOMANITY FOUNDATION BELIEVES AND PRESIDENT IN A WORLD WHERE ALL WOMEN AND MEN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE QUOTES IS tems and structures if we are to stand ENJOY EQUAL AND FULL “WE MAKE A LIVING BY WHAT WE a chance of truly eradicating gender GET. WE MAKE A LIFE BY WHAT WE inequality� Using media to reach that SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND GIVE”. AND DESPITE THIS BEING end was the obvious choice� I strongly A POPULAR SAYING WITHIN THE believe that a more progressive media POLITICAL RIGHTS. PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, IT can help create a society where women STANDS AS A STRONG REFLECTION can play an equal role and this is why OF HOW THE WORK WE DO AT THE Womanity has been investing in and WOMANITY FOUNDATION GIVES US developing disruptive media solutions THE WOMANITY PURPOSE AND DRIVE. since 2009� FOUNDATION ROSE TO My journey with the Foundation Producing these shifts in attitudes 153RD POSITION IN stretches back to 2005� Many thoughts towards gender roles through media and drivers were shaping my vision on is key� But we also quickly realized THE TOP 500 NGOS how to give back and how to challenge that there were others, driven by our the status quo� At the time, I had just same passion for a more equal world for 2019 WORLDWIDE RANKING set up and sold a successful business, women, who needed support to grow� related fields� Since 2016, 1188 Afghan BY NGO ADVISOR, A GENEVA- and I felt a strong urge to help others And we also realized that we could help girls have enrolled to our courses in access opportunities and growth� There them scale and expand their impact English, computer literacy and coding BASED INDEPENDENT MEDIA were many pressing challenges facing quickly and strategically� Our Wom- and 355 graduated from what can our world, but one particular experience enChangeMakers Programme (WCM) be considered the largest vocational COMPANY, MOVING UP 34 PLACES struck me the most� was premised on both the critical training coding program for girls in FROM 2016. THE LIST IDENTIFIES importance and value that “institutional Afghanistan� Traveling through Morocco, I encoun- development” brings to the scaling and SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND tered an association that helped young impact of a given organization’s work� Your support, combined with the skills, girls – between the ages of six and Through the WCM programme, we commitment and immense dedication HUMANITARIAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL twelve – return to school after having have been able to cultivate close and of our staff and partners, is what makes NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS been placed by “recruiters” in families long-lasting partnerships with some of everything you read in this annual to work as “little maids”� I would find out the most impactful and most inspiring report possible� Behind the stories in WHICH EXCEL IN INNOVATION, later that many of these girls became NGOs and social enterprises in both these pages, there is a strong will to practically slaves to these families and India and Brazil� make the world a more equal place, a IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY. were often used for the sons’ sexual spirit of entrepreneurialism infused into initiations� Some of them ended as Partnerships also sit at the very heart how we work, and an appetite for taking prostitutes on the streets or became of the Womanity Award programme� on innovative approaches to challenge pregnant at an age when they should Womanity Award unsurfaces innovative the status quo� have been playing with their friends� solutions to combating violence against I knew then without the shadow of a women from around the world and sup- I hope you enjoy reading this Annual doubt what I needed to do� It was the ports in scaling them to other organi- Report as much as I did� Thanks to our moment I committed to work relent- zations and geographies� Although many supporters, donors, local partners, CONTENTS lessly to promote a world where all there are many strong programmes staff and our Board members - without women and men would enjoy equal addressing violence against women whom our work would not be possible� WELCOME FROM OUR PRESIDENT ����������������������� 3 and full social, economic and political globally, there are few that catalyze I look forward to continuing our journey ABOUT US ������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 rights� It was the only way forward� And partnerships between organizations together towards a fairer and more OUR APPROACH AND VALUES ���������������������������������5 advancing women also meant helping in different countries, and support a prosperous world for everyone� OUR FOCUS ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 their communities which eventually thorough adaption process to new 2018 AT A GLANCE �������������������������������������������������������� 8 would transpire into fostering progress geographies and contexts� for everyone� The Womanity Founda- DISRUPTIVE MEDIA SOLUTIONS����������������������������10 tion was born� Last but not least, I am very proud of the INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT work we do in Afghanistan through our PROGRAMMES ����������������������������������������������������������������16 At Womanity, much of our work is Girls Can Code programme� Through SPECIAL PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS �������26 focused on shifting attitudes and it, we have been providing girls in FINANCIAL REPORT ���������������������������������������������������30 reaching entire communities, including Afghanistan with the core skills needed Yann Borgstedt GET INVOLVED ��������������������������������������������������������������32 boys and men� We need men fighting in to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Founder and President, THANK YOU ��������������������������������������������������������������������34 every corner of the globe to change sys- Technology, Engineer, Mathematics) Womanity Foundation 4 Womanity Annual Report 2018 Womanity Annual Report 2018 5 THE WOMANITY FOUNDATION OUR APPROACH & VALUES ABOUT US INVESTING IN BOLD NEW IDEAS TO COMBAT GENDER INEQUALITY. PATIENT RISK CAPITAL TO COMBAT GENDER INEQUALITY. IN ALL THAT WE DO WE ARE GUIDED BY OUR VALUES: We fight for a world We develop long lasting partnerships tion, scaling up and replication� We e are not a traditional grant Therefore, we use our capital to We work closely with local experts with local experts, businesses and believe in taking calculated risks Wmaking foundation� Our test innovative models for gender to run our own programmes, always where men and women social entrepreneurs to invest in new through our philanthropy and invest- approach is at the intersection of equality� Once we have reached proof checking that we are adding value to have equal rights and ideas that ignite change and tackle ing for the long term� We test new venture philanthropy and social of concept, we leverage external the sector� Our support is multi-year, gender inequality� Together, we deliver models for development, learn and investment� We understand that funding to grow these innovative highly-engaged and tailored� This opportunities. impact through innovation, collabora- adapt, with an eye to sustainability� change takes time� We also under- programmes and take them to means we take the time to under- stand that to create systemic change, scale� This provides the patient risk stand the needs on the ground and one has to take calculated risks and capital needed to spark and scale find ways to uncover and develop have a long-term view� transformative impact� catalytic solutions� We stay for the long haul with an eye to ensuring we build in a sustainability plan in every programme from the onset� All overhead costs are covered by the President and his companies so that 100% of external funding leveraged is spent directly on Womanity’s programmes. USD 11,871,370 INVESTED IN PROGRAMMES TO DATE RECOGNISING LEARNING AND COLLABORATIVE LOCAL EXPERTISE ADAPTING PARTNERSHIPS Our work focuses on SDG 5 – to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. If the SDGs are to be realised, women and girls, everywhere, must have equal rights and opportunity, and be able to live free from violence and discrimination. Our programmes $ $ support this vision. ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS-LED AND AGILE APPROACH 6 Womanity Annual Report 2018 Womanity Annual Report 2018 7 OUR FOCUS OUR WORK FALLS UNDER TWO PILLARS OF ACTIVITY: 1. DISRUPTIVE MEDIA SOLUTIONS: 2. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT • B100Ragl • Girls Can Code • Radio Nisaa • The Womanity Award • WomenChangeMakers OUR REACH MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • Radio Nisaa • B100Ragl: Arabic MEXICO Media Fiction • Womanity Award: Tacking online violence against women AFGHANISTAN INDIA • Girls Can Code • WomenChangeMakers BRAZIL • WomenChangeMakers SOUTH AFRICA • Womanity Award: creating safer cities for women 8 Womanity Annual Report 2018 Womanity Annual Report 2018 9 2018 AT A GLANCE Q1 JANUARY – MARCH OUR ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 2005 Girls Can Code courses launched in March for a total of 760 girls ARTE TV channel airs a reportage about Radio Nisaa titled “Nisaa FM, the voice of Palestinian women” Womanity and its supported partners have reached 27.6 million Womanity’s Founder, Yann Borgstedt, awarded the YPO 2018 SEN (Social Enterprise Network) Sustainability Award for Equality people in the Global South� Of them, approximately 18 million are Womanity’s Founder, Yann Borgstedt, featured in the Agent of Change list women and girls Womanity has invested USD 11,871,370 in women’s
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