Empower Women and End Violence: WVL-SA Learning and Sharing Summit 2021
Explore how the WVL-SA Learning and Sharing Summit 2021 focused on economic empowerment in South Africa, featuring activities, objectives, partners, and budget details to empower women and end violence through various initiatives and programs.
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WVL-SA LEARNING AND SHARING SUMMIT 2021 Economic Empowerment (South Africa, Johannesburg, 4 March 2021 and Joslyn Links) Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
SYNOPSIS We started 2020 with the theme, "queer women and the future of work and business, connecting beyond borders". Little did we know how significant this theme would become once the global pandemic hit. Throughout the outbreak, the QWB+A team took action and implemented programs that continued to keep our community connected, informed and supported. In partnership with Queerwell, we created a safe space through our weekly Virtual Connect sessions on various mental health topics and discussions hosted by industry experts. Our advisors and partners added great value to our Virtual Connect business sessions as session facilitators and speakers. Within the first 4 weeks of the national lockdown period, we hosted 7 virtual events and welcomed 200+ community members. Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
OBJECTIVES Ignite Action Executed a redesigned 6-week Startups Pitch Challenge and incubated 25 early-stage queer womxn-owned businesses and funded 5 Collaborate Queerwell, Linkedin & Turn Left Media, Google, Neferu, Dreilinden and other queer led businesses Connect QWB+A Virtual Connect Events addressing business and mental health challenges Club Access 100| Talks | BD Outreach Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
ACTIVITIES Re-design the Startups Pitch Challenge into a more engaging 6/7- week virtual business incubator Recruit reduced number (20+) of diverse early-stage queer womxn owned businesses for the program Integrate mastermind sessions into the program to supplement virtual coaching sessions and address arising challenges Recruit 10+ mentors for mentor week in partnership with the Inspiring Fifty SA winner and our mentor community Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
PARTNERS Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
BUDGET Amount in R Project total Amount allocated to female beneficiaries R79 000 R79 000 Amount contributed in cash or in kind by partner organisations (please specify) In kind contributions from Google SA, Maverick Mind, Inspiring Fifty SA and Lenoma Legal and Entri Hub. R25 000 In Kind contribution (in monetary value) TOTAL R104 000 Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
BENEFICIARIES Category Women Men Total % Women Direct beneficiaries 26 0 26 100% Indirect through other networks) beneficiaries (e.g. 95 5 100 95% Online beneficiaries (e.g. website access, mailing lists, scholarly articles) 6550 150 6700 98% Total 6671 155 6826 97% Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION How do you monitor the success of the project? Feedback forms after every session, Our team also had a debrief and feedback session We used Google forms Final feedback form after the program ended. We assigned the monitoring the responsibilities to the Operations lead and Program Manager. We also had a WhatsApp group for the participants where they could ask questions and get feedback from the team. All these tools enabled us to keep track of our program and stay on track and improve the effiency and accountability. What types of monitoring and evaluation methods and tools did you use to measure impact? Google forms WhatsApp group Trello for Task Management Zoom recordings Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
Our Top 5 Hazel Tobo Ink Pupil Media SheImpressions Tshepiso Sibisi Mwari Pizza House Tshepiso Sibisi Thando Radebe Lithane Cleaning Services Faith Edmunds Colour ME! Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNT What have been the main challenges? Management and Operational capacity A fulltime team Silo operations within the LGBTQI+ community Team training and development Volunteer commitment and communication How have these challenges been overcome? We employed a virtual operative Business Development Sprint to get in more funding A common pain point (volunteers) We have accountability partners for each team member, where we tried a structured team approach We had training sessions with our volunteers over a 4 week period. What lessons have been learned? Team work is the key to a successful organization Access to resources We learned we had to listen to our community through their feedback We learned accountability We learn to be resilient How will the learning be applied? Weekly check in sessions with the team, which created synergy within the team. Our project management tool Trello keeps everyone accountable for their tasks and duties. We have learned tolerance and patience. Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION How can the work be sustained/kept going? Diversifying our funding base To stick to our vision of 2030 and incubate and launch 1000+ queer womxn owned and turn create 20 000+ new sustainable jobs. Our Club Access platform where will start charging a fee for the maintenance and functioning of a project. To develop our partnerships and expand our network. Build capacity of our staff, volunteers and advisors. Sticking to our strong communication strategy for social media and our newsletters. Getting our advisors more involved in the organization with quarterly strategy workshops. Developing new partnerships and maintaining existing partnerships. Expanding our volunteer base Getting our community more involved in our projects to achieve long term impact How can the work be cascaded to other organisations? Collaboration with other organizations and aligning our goals. Sharing best practices and resources Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
NEXT STEPS We will be focusing on business development. Addressing the COVid-19 pandemic and how its has affected the LGBTQ+ community with resulted in social inequity. Building capacity in our organization to deliver impact. Voice and Choice! Empower women, End Violence.
