Womanity
Established in 2005 by Dubai-based Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist Yann Borgstedt, Womanity invests in and develops solutions to address gender-based issues across the Global South. Womanity delivers both its own programmes and support social changemakers and movements. Womanity focuses its work on the prevention of violence against women and girls, supporting grassroots organisations, advancing girls’ education, leveraging media for gender equality, and unlocking women’s access to land rights.
- Organisation type Foundation
- Year founded 2005
- Headquartered Geneva
- Registration Switzerland
- Website https://womanity.org/
Related sustainable development goals
Impact
Since 2005, 31 million people supported by Womanity
Since 2007, 38,000+ Afghan girls supported with education
Since 2022, 264,676+ women made aware of their land rights
Since 2014, 9 organizations adapted innovative strategies to prevent violence against women and girls
$19 million channelled into high-impact programmes across the Global South
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Agriculture
- Farming
Communications
- Journalism
- Web-based media
Development
- Economic development
- Rural development
Education
- Early childhood education
- Education services
- Computer literacy
- Vocational education
- Elementary and secondary education
- STEM education
Human rights
- Equality
Focus populations
- Women and girls
Focus geographies
Africa
- Cabo Verde
- South Africa
Americas
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Middle East
- North Africa
South Asia
- India
- Afghanistan
Partners
- Deloitte
- Hogan Lovells
- Social Investors
- Ziglia Strategy and Evidence for Social Change
Programmes
Disruptive Media
Womanity supports and collaborates with progressive media platforms and creators to drive gender-inclusive storytelling and social change across the Middle East and North Africa.
Educate Girls
The programme provides community-based primary education, including STEM, to underprivileged children, with a focus on girls, in Afghanistan. The programme also aims to provide young women with digital skills in computer literacy, coding, and web development.
Land for Women
Womanity partners with NGOs and local communities to raise awareness for women’s land rights in India, and increase land ownership among women in India, thus fostering independence, self-reliance, and financial security.
Womanity Award
The programme aims to catalyse transnational partnerships between organisations across different countries in the Global South to adapt and leverage innovative solutions to raise awareness, mobilise communities, and change social norms to end violence against women and girls.
Financials
Details
- $ 1.8M (2024)
Funding model
- Grants to Individuals
- Grants to organisations
- Impact investing
Primary funders
- Accordeos
- Avery Dennison Foundation
- Como Foundation
- Dalyan
- Fondation Chanel
- Foundation Audemars Piguet
- L'Oréal Fund for Women
- Leopold Bachmann Stiftung
- The Coles-Medlock Foundation
- Ville de Genève
- Voith Leemann Foundation
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Funding source
- Corporate
- Private
Operations
Key staff
- Aparna Subramanyam, Head of Communications
- Joeyta Bose, Grants Fundraiser
- Laura Somoggi, Co-CEO and Womanity Award Programme Director
- Sabine Rosset, Partnerships and External Resources
- Shivani Gupta, Co-CEO and Land for Women Programme Director
- Valentina Di Felice, Head of Impact and Evidence
Board members
- Arnaud Mourot
- Audrey Selian
- Clotilde Floret Saint-Cricq
- Dr. Maximilian Martin
- John Rea
- Nada Fornier
- Stefania Avanzini
- Yann Borgstedt, President
Contact details
- 00 41 22 544 39 60
- info@womanity.org
- https://womanity.org/
- 55 Route des Jeunes, CH-1212 Grand-Lancy, Switzerland