The need to create a mobile app struck me as obvious because everyone has a mobile phone. The best way to combat violence, therefore, was to get inside the phones. Digital technology wasn’t really my thing, but I used it to reach the maximum[...]

    W4 had the honor of sitting down with Lensational, an international social enterprise that seeks to empower women and girls through the power of photography.       What inspired you to start Lensational? How did photography[...]

        The start of a new year inspires us to make resolutions for change and self-improvement, for doing things differently, achieving our goals and fulfilling our ambitions. Many of us will, inevitably, let some of these[...]

  W4 interviews Hena Gul, Administrative and Human Resources Manager of W4’s field partner, SAWERA, about her team’s groundbreaking work for the empowerment of women and girls in Pakistan.            SAWERA — the[...]

     Copyright Follow'Her   Buffalo Grid has been working since 2011 to administer an off-the-grid power solution for rural communities in developing countries. How does it work? Buffalo Grid provides access to reliable solar power,[...]

  Designed to empower and educate women around the globe, the SmartWoman Project is an innovative mobile learning platform, launched by the social enterprise Change Corp. Today, 300 million women worldwide have no access to a mobile phone and[...]

    The Afghan Women's Writing Project (AWWP) works to promote Afghan women’s empowerment and economic independence by strengthening their writing and computer literacy skills, all the while encouraging the inclusion of[...]

  W4’s field project Follow’Her has set out on a global tour to promote the use of digital technologies in the global push to close the gender gap and build a more inclusive economy for women. The Follow’Her team recently travelled[...]

    “Infinite Scuba” is a fantastic new video game that enables players to experience the thrills, mysteries and beauty of diving in the Earth's oceans – all from their own home. It’s “Indiana Jones meets Jacques Cousteau”:[...]

    Last September, in a small Parisian suburb called Montreuil, 24 students - made up mostly of women and people from underprivileged families - began a “boot camp.”  Six months later, they emerged as wizards.  Digital wizards![...]