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Annual Report 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 ACCELERATING PROGRESS FOR WOMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES WELCOME 2 Womanity Annual Report 2016 3 WE ARE CONTENTS WELCOME FROM OUR PRESIDENT ..........4 OUR PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE .................6 WOMANITY SAFETY AND WELLBEING .............................8 EDUCATION AND TRAINING ......................12 GIVING VOICE .....................................................16 ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ................... 20 Our vision is of a world where all women and men enjoy FINANCIAL REVIEW .......................................24 equal and full social, economic and political participation. WOMANITY NEWS AND EVENTS ...........26 MEET THE WOMANITY TEAM ...................28 We partner with businesses, social entrepreneurs and civil GET INVOLVED ..................................................29 THANK YOU ....................................................... 30 society organizations around the world. Together, we deliver meaningful impact through innovation, collaboration, scaling-up and replication. WOMANITY WORKS IN FOUR AREAS: SAFETY AND EDUCATION GIVING ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND TRAINING VOICE EMPOWERMENT To find out more about the work made possible by our generous supporters, An artisan working with our social business partner Industree Foundation go to www.womanity.org in India. WELCOME 4 Womanity Annual Report 2016 5 WELCOME FROM OUR PRESIDENT ometimes a simple remark tells us as immense dedication of our expert staff in tackling violence, challenging attitudes, much about Womanity’s success as and partners, is what makes everything generating work opportunities, educating Sdata and reports. After completing you read in this Annual Report possible. and training. We see it too in the successful OUR ACHIEVEMENTS the first year of Womanity’s computer collaborations we enjoy with fellow social coding training, Zulikha, a schoolgirl in Behind the stories in these pages, there is innovators. SINCE 2005 Afghanistan, told us, “When I was learning a spirit of entrepreneurialism and innovation to code, I vividly remember thinking ‘I can driving us on. We are always learning and I’m proud of how we’re helping women 33,000 girls have been do pretty much anything now’. I felt so using our experiences to adapt to the and girls to change their lives and make a reached with improved empowered.” needs of the people we are working to help. full contribution to society. When women can thrive, so can the world. education in Afghanistan. Zulikha’s inspirational words capture At the heart of it all, Womanity’s focus everything we strove to do last year: remains the same: the safety and wellbe- I hope you enjoy reading this report as Over 244,000 girls have been give women and girls, living in some of ing of women and girls, their education much as I did. I look forward to continuing enrolled in school in India. the poorest and most inequitable places and skills development, their voice in our journey together in 2017 towards a fairer in the world, the skills, confidence and society, and their economic empowerment. and more prosperous world for everyone. Nearly 3,500 girls and opportunities to flourish. More than ever, we need to collectively invest in social justice, equality, inclusion women who were victims To our generous funders, I say a heartfelt and diversity to create a world free from of, or vulnerable to, sex thank you for helping us strengthen our poverty, injustice and violence. trafficking were empowered. programs and for investing in the rights Yann Borgstedt and opportunities of women and girls. Womanity sees the truth in this day in, day Founder and President 60,000 women in India and Your support, combined with the skill and out, across the full range of our activities The Womanity Foundation 7,000 in Brazil have been helped with income-generating skills and support from our WomenChangeMakers’ Fellows. 19 organizations in the Middle East have been trained to deliver a ground- breaking gender-respect program to boys and men. 3.9 million listens/views for our radio and TV drama series in the Middle East challenging gender stereotypes. (Left) Yann speaks with girls in India When women can thrive, who have enrolled in school with the help of our local partner. (Above) so can the world. Women in Brazil learn masonry and decoration skills to prepare them for a job in construction. Yann Borgstedt GLOBAL PROGRAMS 6 Womanity Annual Report 2016 7 OUR PROGRAMS WOMENCHANGEMAKERS he WomenChangeMakers (WCM) Fellowship We support WCM Fellows in the following areas of Tprogram cuts across our four strategic organizational development, and more: AT A GLANCE program areas. WCM is a growing network of extraordinary social entrepreneurs in India and Brazil, running successful social We engage with businesses, social entrepreneurs and civil society organizations enterprises that can be replicated or scaled-up. to deliver meaningful impact through innovation, collaboration, scaling-up and WCM Fellows receive a three year support Business strategy and package that offers bespoke professional and management replication in four strategic areas that accelerate girls’ and women’s empowerment. capacity-building support and facilitates new partnership opportunities. After the three years, WCM Fellows are invited to remain in the network as life-long Members, and Human resource help to support current Fellows. Syria management Tunisia Lebanon Afghanistan Iraq Morocco Palestinian Territories Jordan Israel Kuwait Data, information and Algeria Bahrain knowledge management Egypt Qatar UAE India Saudi Arabia Oman Legal and compliance Yemen Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning Communication, marketing and PR Mexico Brazil Networking and partnership development Training, coaching and Neelam Chibber, WCM Fellow and founder of Industree Foundation, India mentoring - see page 23. WCM FACTS: In 2016, there were 37 different program WCM has mobilized For every USD 1 SAFETY GIVING VOICE EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC eight Fellows, one partners (32 over 15,000 work spent by WCM and AND WELLBEING TRAINING EMPOWERMENT Promoting women’s voice and Associate and two organizations and hours and almost our Fellows, USD Safeguarding women leadership in society. Supporting women and girls’ Creating employment, revenue and girls’ physical and access to quality education generation and career Members. They five consultants) USD 400,000 in 1.29 was mobilized psychological integrity. and vocational training. opportunities for women. collectively have contributed to market value from thanks to the support served over 2.7 the strengthening collaborations of our partners. million beneficiaries of WCM Fellows with partners. since their inception. last year. SAFETY AND WELLBEING 8 Womanity Annual Report 2016 9 A young boy and trainer in Brazil take part in Programe H, which teaches respectful and fair behavior towards SAFETY women and girls. AND WELLBEING The safety and wellbeing of women and girls is the foundation of an equitable and peaceful society. Too often, however, violence, prejudice and discrimination stand in the way of female security and prosperity, hindering the progress of entire communities. Womanity has opened the doors for us and We work with our partners to end gender-based violence, promote made strategic contacts sexual and reproductive rights and wellbeing. with other potential donors, strategic allies, the media and beyond. Their support and WOMANITY AWARD FOR THE PREVENTION advice goes far beyond Violence against OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN the funding. They act as women is perhaps the true allies and partners. most shameful human he UN estimates that one in three In 2016: Twomen has experienced physical or rights violation, and it sexual violence, and about 120 million girls • Representatives from 19 organizations have been forced into sexual acts at some were trained on how to deliver Programme is perhaps the most Dr Gary Barker, Promundo point in their lives. Ra, which will involve 1,800-2,000 young pervasive. It knows people in 2017 in Lebanon. no boundaries of The Womanity Award, launched in 2013, geography, culture or is given every two years to two partner • 35 young people from Wellspring Learning organizations to support their three year Community in Beirut piloted the curriculum. wealth. As long as it collaboration to replicate and scale up an continues, we cannot innovative and effective solution to prevent • The teams designed and produced gender-based violence. information, education material and a claim to be making video to engage more young people real progress towards Changing male attitudes with Programme Ra. equality, development Since 2014, Womanity has been funding • 200 people attended the program’s launch and peace. and facilitating the collaboration of the event, including 18 media representatives; Award winners Promundo and Abaad, who social media posts reached over 168,000 are adapting and replicating an approach to people. educating boys and men about respectful and Kofi Annan, fair behavior towards women. Promundo, a • Two seminars were held with members of former UN Secretary-General civil society organization (CSO) born in Rio the MenEngage network to equip them with de Janeiro, Brazil, developed the original additional tools to run transformational Program H, which engages audiences gender-equity programs. through group activities and community campaigns. The scale-up partner Abaad, an apolitical, lay CSO in Lebanon, is rolling out this approach in the Middle East and North Africa. Rebranded as Programme Ra – after
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