WWSF - Women´s World Summit Foundation

About us

As an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental, non-confessional organization (INGO), created as a Swiss Foundation on 8 March 1991 in Geneva, the Women´s World Summit Foundation WWSF serves by building an international network coalition and by designing programs for the empowerment of women, children, youth and relevant NGOs.
With its annual conferences, campaigns, world days and prize awards, WWSF advocates for the implementation of women and children’s rights and the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. Since 1995, WWSF has enjoyed UN consultative status with ECOSOC, UNFPA and DPI and is an active member of several global partnerships and NGO working groups connected to the UN.

What are its programs
• Empowering especially rural women and their communities worldwide, one of the most marginalized groups on the planet, to become leading development actors in their countries, and make them aware of their basic human right to development, education, safe water, health and gender equality. 60-70 percent of the world´s poor are rural women.
• Creating a worldwide movement for better prevention skills of violence and abuse against women, children and youth by mobilizing an international coalition of civil society actors working together with governments and the media, educating men, women and children on gender-based violence prevention measures, protection skills and the right to dignity, equality, development and peace.

WWSF Initiatives
Women´s section:
• 17 Days of Activism for the Empowerment of rural women and their communities
• Prize for women´s creativity in rural life
• Rural Women Movements Award
• 15 October: International Day of Rural Women
• Thank You Campaign
• 8 March Int.Women´s Day: WWSF was created on 8 March (International Women´s Day) 1991. Every year WWSF is commemorating the International Women´s Day with various activities and celebrations.
• Gender Equality: WWSF publishes an annual Report on Gender Equality = Progress for Humanity.
• White Ribbon Campaign CH: Elimination of violence against women and children in Switzerland through 16 Days of Activism.
WWSF - Children & Youth Section:
• 19 Days if Activism for prevention of violence and abuse against children and youth 1-19 November
• World Day for prevention of child abuse - 19 November
• Annual WWSF Prizes for innovative prevention of Child Abuse aes.
• Yellow Ribbon Campaign: "YES to Prevention of Child Abuse!"
• WWSF Clearinghouse for prevention of abuse and violence
• YouthEngage.com
• WWSF enjoys United Nations consultative status (ECOSOC, UNFPA, and DPI)

Elly Pradervand is the President and Executive Director of the Women´s World Summit Foundation – WWSF.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.