Annual Report 2016

ANNUAL REPORT 2016

ACCELERATING PROGRESS FOR WOMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES WELCOME

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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

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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

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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

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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 “rajol”, Arabic for “man” – this is the first project of its kind in the Middle East. Targeting young men, Programme Ra uses role play, games, and debates to explore issues such as non-violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, substance abuse, and gender equality. A group in Lebanon learn how to deliver Programme Ra, aiming to change male attitudes to women across the Middle East. SAFETY AND WELLBEING

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Stopping online violence Recording and broadcasting women’s HUMANIZING voices at a storytelling workshop in against women Mexico as part of Take Back the Tech!. CHILDBIRTH –

he 2016 Womanity Award winners BRAZIL Twere the organizations behind the Take Back the Tech! campaign: Association for Progressive Communications (APC) asa Angela is a health center where (South Africa) and Luchadoras and La Cwomen, including the poorest, receive Sandía Digital (Mexico). The campaign maternal care to have a safer, ‘humanized’ addresses the widespread problem of childbirth. Managed by WCM Fellow Anke online violence against women, enables Riedel, Casa Angela’s approach is exemplary women to proactively respond to online in a country where child mortality rates are abuse, claim virtual space and creatively around 15 times higher compared to high- influence policies and practices. The goal income countries. In the second year of the is to build an internet free of violence. fellowship, we helped to provide legal and IT support, and to refine their business model. Started in 2006, Take Back the Tech! now involves a growing network of activists, In 2016, the center trained 298 medical collectives, organizations and feminists staff, attended 310 births, hosted 1,357 using information communication tech- women in perinatal classes and also nology to end gender-based violence agreed with the São Paolo State Ministry in over 22 countries around the world. of Health to train medical personnel in humanized deliveries.

In 2016:

• Luchadoras and APC joined with the FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS THROUGH ART – Association for Women’s Rights in Develop- ment in Brazil, and asked participants to BRAZIL “imagine a feminist internet”.

• Take Back the Tech! in Mexico was ede Nami, led by WCM Fellow Panmela In 2016, 60 young leaders trained by launched as a new initiative, through the RCastro, is a network of 180 urban female Rede Nami and its team held workshops new collective of women’s organizations Young women in Mexico combat online artists based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In across the country to empower more called Siempre Vivas. gender-based violence and abuse as the final year of Panmela’s fellowship, we than 100 women to use graffiti as a part of a Wikipedia editing marathon supported her team to boost their fundraising campaigning tool. in the Take Back the Tech! campaign. • Siempre Vivas conducted a dozen learning and a law firm provided pro bono advice sessions between June and December to improve their structure. 2016, on digital self-defense, campaigning, and theory of change.

• APC and Siempre Vivas ran several sessions on human rights, gender and ESCAPING SEXUAL cyber security at the Internet Governance Forum in Mexico. SLAVERY – INDIA

pne Aap helps women and girls in AIndia break free from sexual slavery. Established by WCM Fellow Ruchira Gupta after making an Emmy-award-winning film on indentured sex workers, this grassroots organization runs a program that teaches at-risk women and girls ’10 Assets’ to help them stay safe, exercise their rights and break the cycles of exploitation. In the ICTforWomanity, the second year of the fellowship, we oversaw Womanity-led global partnerships with Genpact and Social Synergy network, held 12 on- and to document the 10 Assets program and offline learning events start creating a training toolkit to enable last year, and published the scaling of the initiative. Our partner Apne Aap runs a youth 18 articles promoting the event in India to promote girls’ rights In 2016, the 10 Assets program reached and help them stay safe from sexual use of technology to tackle 3,433 women and girls in Delhi, West exploitation. violence against women. Bengal and Bihar states. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Educated girls are more likely to earn their own income, marry later, have fewer children and be healthier. But today, 60 million girls around the world do not attend any form of schooling.1

Our work focuses on ensuring girls get a quality education so they can take control of their lives and make a full contribution to society.

ADVANCING GIRLS’ EDUCATION – Let us remember: AFGHANISTAN one book, one pen, one child, and one teacher hile school enrollment of Afghan In 2016: Wgirls is steadily on the rise, many still can change the world. drop out before the end of high school. • 45% of grade 10 to 12 students achieved GIRLS CAN CODE Many female students are not gaining 70% or higher in mathematics, a 9% the skills they need to contribute to a increase on 2015. Only around 7% of people in modernizing society. Afghanistan have access to the internet and approximantely 60% Malala Yousafzai, education • There were 770 participants in our We work in 15 girls’ schools and focus training modules on science, computer of adults are illiterate. To help activist and Nobel Peace Prize improve the statistics among on improving five areas: science, English, pedagogy, children’s laureate the younger generation, in 2016 rights, disaster risk reduction and first aid, we launched the Girls Can Code 1 Teacher training improving teachers’ skills and knowledge. pilot in two girls’ schools in Kabul 2 Hygiene education (pictured). 3 School infrastructure improvements • We set up eight Hygiene and Health 4 Community engagement Groups composed of 150 girls and 22 The year-long course was Academic excellence and teachers to learn about personal hygiene, 5 designed in partnership with vocational training food safety, disease prevention, and the American University of to empower girls to become hygiene Afghanistan. Girls learn basic This long-running program, also known advocates. computer literacy before studying as School in a Box, has helped over 33,000 HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and girls and 1,100 teachers and staff to improve • We renovated hand pumps and the water SQL. After completion, Womanity education from primary to the end of supply system in six schools, and built will help the girls to enter further secondary school. new latrines in two schools, helping girls education or, through our new to stay healthy. partnerships with employers such as Roshan Telecommunication, to • We set up computer labs in two schools get a foothold in the job market. with a total of 21 machines, helping more girls to study and get online. • In 2016, 35 girls completed the 400 hour foundation course • Womanity piloted the Girls Can Code in five coding languages, program (see box). helping them to enter further education and start a career.

1. UNICEF 2013 EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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GETTING GIRLS INTO SCHOOL – INDIA

ducate Girls was set up in India in 2012 We are providing a financial contribution Eby WCM Member Safeena Husain. The to the development of a performance organization works with girls, communities, management system, and are mentoring a huge team of grassroots volunteers, school the Accounts Manager to develop the skills staff, families and government to enter, or needed for organizational growth. bring back, more than 1 million young girls into primary education. Since inception, 244,000 girls were enrolled Our holistic in school for the first time or brought back approach to into school after dropping out. education mobilizes Through direct classroom communities to assistance in Afghanistan, take a stand against we mentored 188 gender disparity. teachers in 13 schools, We believe that by helping to embed science training and empowering village good teaching practices. communities to prioritize education, more girls can be educated at a larger scale. When I was learning to code, I vividly remember Students on our coding and web Safeena Husain, development course for girls, thinking ‘I can do pretty Educate Girls Afghanistan. much anything now’. I felt so empowered.

Girls getting an education (here and below), thanks to the help of our local Zulikha, Kabul partner in India. (pictured below left) GIVING VOICE

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GIVING VOICE

Half of the world’s population is female, and yet women and girls remain seriously under-represented in public life. Traditional and online media play a powerful role in shaping gender roles, so we use broadcast media and drama to change hearts and minds.

Through our media partners, we create content about women and girls that challenges preconceptions and helps accelerate societal change.

RADIO NISAA – PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Women share this planet 50/50, and any women across the Arab world In 2016: they are under- Mare marginalized within their own community, exposed to violence and • Audience share was 15% in the Palestinian represented – their economically dependent on men. Territories, and a large proportion of potential astonishingly listeners were men (latest data from By using the power of media, we can reach 2015). untapped. people with informative and inspirational content, helping to change attitudes and • Three outside broadcasts and two empower women and girls. workshops covered issues such as tackling gender-based violence and the increase Emma Watson, UN Women Radio Nisaa, the first commercial radio in women standing for local election. Goodwill Ambassador station in the Middle East run by women, was co-founded by Womanity. On FM in the • Radio shows included interviews with Palestinian Territories and online through the female head of Wafa News Agency its Arabic and English website, the station and the first female judge at the Sharia airs news, current affairs, entertainment Courts, and features on fisher-women and discussion shows hosted primarily by and bus drivers, inspiring audiences and women and prominently featuring female challenging stereotypes. role models.

On- and offline, Nisaa is a hub for like- minded organizations and individuals to share information, and its awareness-raising events are backed up by popular discussions on their Facebook page.

Nisaa also trains women to enter the The new law that says male-dominated media world, to help increase the plurality of voices in the women must make up at public sphere. least 20% of local election candidates is starting to reflect the growing belief that Palestinian women should be decision- makers alongside men. Doaa Savouri, a radio broadcaster with Radio Nisaa, the first commercial radio station run by women in the Middle East.

Niemah Assaf, of the Women Working Organization, speaking on Radio Nisaa GIVING VOICE

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ANIMATED FICTION SERIES – MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

he second season of Womanity’s fiction series Worth 100 Men (Be 100 Ragl Shots from our partner’s hugely T popular animation Worth 100 Men, in Arabic) was broadcast in 16 countries broadcast across the Middle East across the region, from Morocco to Oman, and beyond, challenging gender in 2016. Following the successful first discrimination. radio production, the second season is an animation shown on TV on the hugely popular MBC channel shahid.net, and on the widely followed YouTube channel Kharabeesh.

The story follows Noha, a young female journalist, who challenges gender discrimination at home, at work and in her social life. The ten episodes each deal with a different topic, including domestic violence, early marriage and women’s voice at home and in politics. The aim is to engage Arab societies in an open and constructive debate on women’s rights, by challenging stereotypes and offering fresh perspectives.

Worth 100 Men II has had almost 2 million views across shahid.net, Kharabeesh, and our own dedicated Facebook page B100Ragl.

Our team also went on the road, hold- ing discussions to raise awareness and contextualise the content in the show. Similarly online, thousands of people debated the issues and helped to recast the role of women and girls in society.

On- and offline, there is a strong desire among these audiences to discuss women’s role in society, raise awareness of their challenges, and continue the conversations in their daily lives.

In 2017, we will conduct an in-depth study to assess the potential of fiction to influence positive attitudes towards women, in close collaboration with Oxfam GB’s Middle East Gender Equality Programme.

In 2016:

• The biggest audience for the series was young men aged 18-24.

• There were more than 144,000 unique viewers on MBC’s shahid.net.

• And over 380,000 and 428,000 views on YouTube and Facebook respectively.

• We held roadshow gatherings in 12 major cities in eight countries, and 70% of our A group debates issues of gender events directly generated a follow up discrimination raised in the animation. action. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

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Saleswomen learn about solar- GENERATING powered products, India. INCOMES AND ECONOMIC CLEAN ENERGY – EMPOWERMENT INDIA rontier Markets started operating in Ensuring women are safe, better educated and can have their voices F2011 to address the lack of access to reliable electricity in rural India. Set up by heard provides the foundation for women’s economic empowerment. WCM Fellow Ajaita Shah, the organization When women can earn a living, or start a business, it can be a catalyst trains women in Rajasthan to educate poor households about the benefits of clean for healthier, more inclusive, more peaceful communities. energy products, such as solar lamps.

Our highly varied activities in this area have one focus: to enable Women become advocates and entrepreneurs, and are involved in product women to flourish through their work. delivery and after-sales services. Womanity supported Frontier Markets to scale their impact in partnership with other WCM Fellows Bandhan Konnegar and MHT. We facilitated collaborations with Accenture EMPOWERING WOMEN ARTISANS – BRAZIL on the strategic development of a five-year roadmap and with J Walter Thompson on Women’s status in marketing. society has become ede Asta, set up in in 2011 in Brazil by turn craftswomen into entrepreneurs. The the standard by which RWCM Member Alicia Freitas, gives poor school is in the pilot phase, training 130 In 2016, Frontier Markets trained 104 women the skills to become productive women from the states of São Paulo, Rio women in sales distribution and sold INR humanity’s progress artisans and sell their goods. Now that the de Janeiro, Paraná and Amazonas. 208,850 worth of clean energy products, toward civility three year fellowship is finished, we are helping women earn an income and raise providing ongoing support to develop the In 2016, Rede Asta supported over 980 their status in the community. and peace can be organization’s monitoring and evaluation women and helped them increase their measured. framework. Rede Asta has also launched sales by 30%, helping ensure women the Artisan Business School, aiming to artisans could make a living.

Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder Artisans from Rede Asta and their HELPING YOUNG and President of Women’s products, Brazil. WOMEN START A Learning Partnership BUSINESS – BRAZIL Acreditar is part of many networks and

creditar – Capital Humano e Transfor- we have already Amação Social was set up in 2015 by WCM experienced many other Fellow Lilian Prado when she was 20 years planning processes, but old. A graduate in Business Administration, Lilian oversees operations in small cities and nothing compared to rural areas in Brazil, supporting around 9,000 Womanity. The major young people and women to launch their own businesses. Through her organization, difference is that the she has successfully fostered a culture process goes deep of youth and female entrepreneurship to understand the in socio-economic contexts that tend to stifle creativity, innovation and women’s institution, its challenges emancipation. We continued to support and opportunities for Acreditar to tailor its services to women, develop its monitoring and evaluation systems, the future. and enable Lilian to access international business support opportunities.

In 2016, Acreditar provided 552 loans to Lilian Prado, WCM Fellow, women and 545 women participated in This business-owner opened a shop Acreditar - Capital Humano e with the support of our partner a course for women entrepreneurs and Transformação Social Acreditar in Brazil. were supported to open their businesses. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

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TRAINING CRAFTSWOMEN – INDIA

ndustree Foundation, set up by WCM to devise an operational and fundraising IFellow Neelam Chibber in India in 2000, strategy to help reach 30,000 artisanal is a social business improving market groups by 2021 and help these women access for women artisans, and reinvesting generate over USD 5 billion in cumulative profits into their training. The organization income over 30 years. has aligned its training programs with the Indian government’s Skills Initiative, helping In 2016, Industree Foundation trained to maximise opportunities for its members. over 400 women artisans and generated WCM oversaw a partnership with PWC income of over INR 9.8 million, helping Strategy& and Social Venture Partners women to earn a living from their skills.

Women and girls study a map of their area as they work with our partner Mahila Housing SEWA Trust to improve local facilities, India.

Artisan weavers like these women (and UNLOCKING POTENTIAL IN URBAN SLUMS – INDIA below) are growing their businesses A trainee builder learns the skills of with the support of our partner the trade with our partner Mulher em Industree Foundation, India. Construção, Brazil.

ahila Housing SEWA Trust (MHT) works with around 500,000 women across housing organizations and the Indian Menables destitute and disenfranchised the country to help unlock funding and Government. women to access government subsidies create more prosperous and environmentally BREAKING INTO THE set aside for underprivileged communities, sustainable settlements. WCM continued to In 2016, MHT helped 574 women improve CONSTRUCTION and improve the energy, water, solid waste support the development of a ‘knowledge their housing, upgraded 640 households’ management and road infrastructure in hub’ to provide easily-accessible information water and sanitation and trained 1,389 INDUSTRY – BRAZIL their communities. Led by WCM Fellow on housing and related infrastructure, and women in various areas such as energy Bilal Brahmbhatt in India since 1997, MHT to help foster partnerships with other auditing and masonry. ulher em Construção (MEC) supports Mand trains women to enter Brazil’s construction industry, a profession still dominated by men. Set up in 2013 by WCM Fellow Maria Beatriz Kern, MEC MICRO FINANCE FOR ULTRA POOR WOMEN – INDIA has taught more than 5,000 women from low-income backgrounds skills such as masonry and plumbing, giving them a andhan Konnagar aims to economically continued to support the development of better opportunity to get hired and earn Bempower ultra poor people who fall digitized data management systems, and decent salaries. In the last year of the outside the criteria of most financial institu- helped arrange a partnership that will improve three year fellowship, we helped develop tions, including micro finance programs. the way Bandhan Konnagar’s services are MEC’s financial management systems, Established in India in 2001 by WCM Fellow tailored to women. organized pro bono legal support, and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, the organization has built fundraising capacity. helped over 2 million women-led households In 2016, Bandhan Konnagar reached 45,334 to get access to micro loans, and also runs ultra poor women with livelihood training A woman is introduced to micro In 2016, MEC trained 196 women to increase finance by a representative of our community programs on education, health, to help them start generating income, and their employability and improve their status partner Bandhan Konnegar, India. livelihoods and other core issues. We have placed 11,376 young people in employment. in their home community. FINANCIAL REPORT

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2016 63% FINANCIAL REPORT GALA AND OTHER EVENTS

EXPENDITURE REVENUE CHF 1,894,724 CHF 3,473,839 5% DONATIONS

19% 13% GRANTS CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMANITY’S FOUNDER AND HIS COMPANIES

21% 79% SUPPORT PROJECTS COSTS CHF 1,502,597 CHF 392,127

These are final, unaudited figures, based on accounting books. The Womanity Foundation is annually audited by KPMG. For the first time in 2016, Womanity followed the Swiss GAAP FER requirements for the presentation of its accounts. Please contact [email protected] if you wish to receive a copy of the audited accounts, available from July 2017. 29% Giving voice (Middle East and North Africa) 9% Financial transactions and taxes 24% Advancing Girls’ Education (Afghanistan) 91% Operational support Womanity’s Founder and President covers the foundation’s support costs. This means that all contributions from supporters and partners are directed to the programs. 22% Womanity Award (Global) 23% WomenChangeMakers (India and Brazil) All donations to Womanity are tax deductible in Switzerland, the USA and most European countries, as per 2% Various programs applicable laws and regulations. WOMANITY NEWS AND EVENTS

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WOMANITY ENTERS AWARDS WOMANITY TOP 200 NGOs

he BORN Awards celebrate outstanding Yann was also awarded the prestigious Tdesign and creativity around the world. BNP Paribas Jury’s Special Prize for NEWS AND EVENTS omanity rose to 187th position in We were delighted that Yann was awarded Individual Philanthropy in May 2016 “for Wthe Top 500 NGOs 2016 worldwide the BORN Social Impact Prize in March 2016 a pioneering and promising philanthropic ranking by NGO Advisor, a Geneva-based for his leadership of Womanity. endeavour”. independent media company. The list identi- fies social development and humanitarian non-governmental non-profit organizations which excel in innovation, impact and WOMANITY GALA – GENEVA sustainability.

record-breaking CHF 2.6 million Yann Borgstedt, founder and president Awas raised at the 2016 Gala, which of Womanity, told the audience: “Doing gathered over 1,000 guests and sponsors good is not enough. What we want is that to celebrate the importance of women’s the dollar we spend is spent in the most empowerment. The Palexpo Congress efficient way possible, with the highest Centre in Geneva was transformed by impact for our beneficiaries.” huge TV screens, symbolizing the role of the media in giving voice to women and “At Womanity, we want to push the effecting social change. boundaries in the field of women’s empowerment. Our philosophy is to look for innovative Stars from the worlds of film, fashion and and effective ideas that can be scaled and music joined with philanthropists to bid replicated. That’s why we launched the first on exceptional lots, such as custom-made commercial radio station run by women in watches, jewelry, artwork and cars. the Middle East. That’s why we help social entrepreneurs increase their impact in India BNP Paribas Award Ceremony, Rosanna Arquette, actor and Womanity and Brazil, and have launched a program May 2016. Goodwill Ambassador, addressed the crowd to replicate successful innovations in the via video link, and Maysoun Odeh Gangat, prevention of violence against women.” director of Radio Nisaa FM (see page 16), spoke about the power of the media to “Why are we focusing on women? Because change perceptions for the good of women the needs are great, and because investing Yann Borgstedt, our founder and WOMANITY GALA – PARIS and society. in women and girls is beneficial to the president, addresses the 2016 Womanity Gala. whole of society.” n November, we held our first French Gala three finalist entries to the “Prix du Style” Ievening at the Pavillon Ledoyen in Paris, on the status of women around the world. hosted by two famous television presenters, Louise Ekland and Cécile de Ménibus Thanks to our wonderful guests, partners, (pictured), and initiated by a donor, Rolland sponsors and collaborators, we raised Berda. The 220 guests enjoyed the incredible €125,000 for vital Womanity programs: cuisine of chef Yannick Alléno, and were WomenChangeMakers, vocational training entertained by musicians Anna Kova and for female construction workers, and the Julian Fontalvo, and humourist Nadia Roz. Womanity Award for the Prevention of DONA BERTARELLI Writer and singer Viktor Lazlo narrated the Violence Against Women. SUPPORTS WOMANITY WITH HER NEW BOOK

wiss businesswoman and long-time SWomanity patron Dona Bertarelli is donating all the royalties from her latest book to The Womanity Foundation. J’ai osé (I dared) is about Dona’s incredible feat in the Jules Verne Trophy, becoming the fastest woman to sail around the world. The book also talks about how sailing and The Gala crowd bid on a fantastic philanthropy can work together to help array of lots to raise vital funds for children learn about marine conservation Womanity’s work. and environmental change. MEET THE WOMANITY TEAM / GET INVOLVED

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MEET THE GET WOMANITY TEAM INVOLVED The generous donation of funds, time or professional support from individuals and organizations help accelerate progress for women and girls. We would love to hear from you if you are interested in engaging with us to deliver our mission.

Companies TO DONATE: We use our expertise in business practices to work with a range Online: Cheque: of companies across Simply visit www.womanity.org/donate Kindly make payable to the “Womanity different sectors. Our Foundation”. company partners offer grants and vital Swiss bank payment: Post to: The Womanity Foundation The Womanity Foundation expertise. Crédit Suisse 1211 51/55 Route des Jeunes Geneva 70 1227 Carouge Switzerland. Foundations Account: 337265-61 Our partnerships with Swift code: CRESCHZZ80A From the US: family and corporate IBAN: Please visit: www.kbfus.org, click on Donate foundations have CHF: CH93 0483 5033 7265 6100 0 Now and select Womanity Foundation enabled us to scale up EUR: CH32 0483 5033 7265 6200 1 before making the transaction. our impact across the USD: CH59 0483 5033 7265 6200 0 world. We also advise GBP: CH05 0483 5033 7265 6200 2 From most EU countries: foundations on delivering For any other currency, please use the Tax-deductable donations via Transnational Members of our staff team at a innovative gender Swiss Francs reference. Giving Europe (TGE). Please contact info@ strategic workshop, 2015 programming. womanity.org for guidance. UK bank payment: The Womanity Foundation Credits Our staff team works with a wonderful community of volunteers – Individuals Barclays Bank Plc The generosity of our 114 Fenchurch Street Photos by Womanity staff, volunteers thank you for all your hard work, skill and determination in 2016. individual supporters is London EC3P 3HY or partners. Special thanks to Ann Richter and Farzana Wahidy. critical to expanding our Account: 03425002 impact and we warmly Words: Tom Burgess Editorial STAFF TEAM BOARD MEMBERS – SWITZERLAND Sort code: 20-31-52 welcome new members www.tomburgesseditorial.com of the Womanity IBAN: GB 29BARC20315203425002 Antonella Notari Vischer – Director – outgoing May 2017 Yann Borgstedt – Founder and President Design: Aspel Creative Rafia Qureshi – Director – incoming May 2017 Felix Bollmann – Board Member community. www.tomaspel.com Christophe Berther – Accountant Laurent Haug – Board Member Valentina Di Felice – Head of Operations Dr Maximilian Martin – Board Member Asmaa Guedira – Program Leader – Be 100 Ragl Arnaud Mourot – Board Member Servane Mouazan – Program Manager – Womanity Award John Rea – Special Advisor to the Board Aurelia Ovan – Executive Assistant – Administration, Communications and Events Audrey Selian – Board Member Sabine Rosset – Partnerships and External Resources – Switzerland To find out more: Indrani Sharma – Program Manager – WomenChangeMakers India BOARD MEMBERS – UK Tiana Vilar Lins – Program Manager – WomenChangeMakers Brazil Womanity: www.womanity.org, (program partners in order of appearance) WomenChangeMakers: www.womanity.org/programs/ womenchangemakers, Promundo: www.promundo.org, Abaad: www.abaadmena.org, APC: www.apc.org, Luchadoras: www.takebackthetech. Mohammad Zia Noori – Program Director – Afghanistan Education and his Ranajoy Basu – UK Trustee – Chairman Womanity Afghanistan Team Yann Borgstedt – UK Trustee net/tags/luchadoras, La Sandía Digital: www.lasandiadigital.org.mx, Casa Angela: www.casaangela.org.br, Rede Nami: www.redenami. Aastha Gurbax – UK Trustee com, Apne Aap: www.apneaap.org, Afghanistan Girls’ Education/Girls Can Code: www.womanity.org/programs/afghanistan, Educate Maurice Ostro – UK Trustee Girls: www.educategirls.in, Radio Nisaa: www.radionisaa.ps, Worth 100 Men/Be 100 Ragl: www.facebook.com/B100Ragl, Rede Asta: Natalie Pinon – UK Trustee – Treasurer www.redeasta.com.br, Frontier Markets: www.frontiermkts.com, Acreditar: www.acreditar.org.br, MHT: www.mahilahousingtrust.org, Ruth Szabo – UK Trustee – Secretary Bandhan Konnagar: www.bandhan.org, Industree Foundation: www.industree.org.in, MEC: www.mulheremconstrucao.org.br Ziad Tabet – UK Trustee THANK YOU

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THANK YOU Dear partners, donors and friends, your commitment and generosity is behind everything we achieve. Thank you to everyone who made a contribution at the Womanity Gala and throughout the year. We cannot do what we do without you.

Main operational Partners Main professional partners Main funding partners and sponsors Abaad Accenture and Accenture Acreditar – Capital Humano e Development Partnerships Bat-Mann Constructeur Intégral Transformação Social Atta Design Bayard Agora for Arts and Culture Bain & Company Blue-Infinity (Alexandrie) BM2B Born Alt City (Beirut) Carpenter & Genesca Consultoria Chopard Apne Aap Demarest Advogados – Lex Mundi Commune de Bellevue Arab World Research and Brazil Commune de Corsier Development Egon Zehnder International Commune de Pregny-Chambésy Ashoka Ernst & Young Commune de Vandoeuvres Association for Progressive Folha de S.Paulo Como Foundation Communication Francesca Versace Compagnie des Parcs Bandhan Konnagar ILA Constructa Casa Angela JP Morgan Construction Perret Educate Girls JWT Constructor Urban Systems Frontier Markets Lex Mundi Pro Bono Dialexa – Vinli Grey Beirut Mattos Filho Divesa Foundation (A Foundation Hogan Lovells Mercuri Urval of the Assura Group) Industree Foundation Ogilvy Dorier Kharabeesh Peocit Technologies Eran Fund Lapis Communication Small World Stories FAMSA Foundation London School of Economics Strategy& (part of the Fondation Chanel Love Matters PriceWaterhouseCoopers group, Fondation de bienfaisance du Luchadoras formerly Booz & Co., India) groupe Pictet Mahila Housing SEWA Trust The International Exchange Fondation Lord Michelham of Moroccan Center for Social Thomson Reuters Foundation Hellingly Innovation Trust Law Fondation Virtus Mulher em Construção University of St Gallen Gertrude Hirzel Foundation Nisaa Broadcasting Company Zigla Consultores HBK Investments Advisory Oxfam GB Hublot Promundo Brazil Immologic Promundo US Jylag Foundation Rede Asta Linda Norgrove Foundation Rede Nami Losinger Marazzi RPR Beirut Loxam Shahid.net Moët Hennessy Palexpo Philip Morris International Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève Previgest Schneider Trafigura Foundation UBS Ville de Lancy

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