The Women’s Eco-Nomic and Social Think Tank - WESTT WORLD is a leading Women’s Think Tank with global dimensions focussing on the economic, environmental and social development of women. At a political level, it is also lobbying to raise awareness on key issues but never for commercial gain!
THE TEAM
The Faces of Our Organisation
Madi Sharma
Founder and President
Madi Sharma is the Entrepreneur who founded, inspires and motivates the Madi Group, a group of International private sector & social enterprises, not for profit companies and NGOs. The philosophy of the Group is to create innovative ideas tailored to local action which can achieve global impacts beneficial to a sustainable society.
Jylia Micevska
Executive Director
Julia is with us since our founding and is our veteran team member. She brings 20 years of experience and skills to the forefront in helping our organisation grow and succeed.
Julijana Prchkovska
Senior Manager
Julijana joined our team nine years ago. Her exceptional combination of skills developed as a result of years long engagements in the IT publishing and marketing and promotional industries now are all focused on empowering woman and young girls to achieve their full potential.
Heena Karwal
Senior Manager
Heena has profound experience in multidisciplinary roles of administrative operations within Madi Group. She assisted in the creation of the Madi Group by helping Madi to build new companies, including WESTT WORLD and support more and more women.
WESTT WORLD SEEKS TO BE FREE THINKING, APOLITICAL, INNOVATIVE AND PRACTICAL
PRESSURE TO ACT
Through its international connections and experts at all levels of government, corporate and development agencies, WESTT WORLD is able to assemble panels of all divisions of social partners, employers, employee representatives, NGOs, institutions and academia to analyse challenges and create opportunities.
WESTT WORLD knows challenges cannot be addressed in isolation, the key to overcoming the barriers are grassroots, relevant knowledge and multi-stakeholder participation; and to that end, WESTT WORLD is a multidimensional Think Tank consisting of both men and women, young and old.
Women’s issues are not gender concerns only to be addressed by women. They have social and economic values and can only be solved with men included in the discussions also.
GLOBAL FOCUS
WESTT WORLD is a global organisation working countries at all levels of development and growth. To bridge the gap between the Developed and the Developing Countries, WESTT WORLD must ensure cross fertilisation of expertise and methodologies that work to deliver sustainability. A common purpose, working in partnership, promoting urban and rural sustainability around the World will bring equity, abundance, peace and security.
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
At WESTT WORLD, we lead in the invention, development and delivery of research and turn it into practical solutions, which can be tried and tested, amended and ultimately developed into policy changes for the benefit of society underpinned by the triple bottom line: People, Planet and Profit. Additionally, through our development framework, we have also included Purpose and Partnership. Hence the five P’s of Sustainability for WESTT WORLD are:
Purpose, People, Planet, Partnership, Profit
WESTT WORLD’s core activities cover the following Framework:
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Research, benchmarking and local assessment brought together through expert and local panel analysis
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Project design with relevant concrete proposals to create sustainability, transparency and local relevance
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Project delivery with measurable outcomes, evaluations and monitoring
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On-going support and intervention – including train the trainer, mentoring shadowing and constant effective communication
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Follow up and monitoring to ensure longevity and continuation of the project – including the creation of toolkits and networks
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Publication and dissemination of reports, analysis and feedback to increase capacity building.
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
WESTT WORLD has a responsibility that whilst covering issues of Women it also shares concern for matters affecting children. An integrated approach to education, health, welfare, justice and community will ensure long-term change and social sustainability.
WESTT WORLD has been working on research, policy issues and capacity building within the field of Child Rights, the protection of children from travelling sex offenders, the protection of children from abuse and the protection of children on the internet.
All children have the right to be protected from harm, violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation. Addressing human rights abuses that affect children, trafficking in human beings, unaccompanied children, children with disabilities and child-friendly justice are also issues taken up by WESTT WORLD.
In accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Article 24, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the work of the Council of Europe in the field of Child Protection, WESTT WORLD will continue to raise awareness globally on the Rights of the Child.
As with many child-focussed organisations, WESTT WORLD seeks to:
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Place the child at the centre of discussions
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Have a multi-dimensional approach
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Mainstream the rights of the child in social policies and into other key policy areas
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Ensure access to education, especially for girls, are offered to all children as a Right
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Support high-quality care and social services
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Promote prevention and the protection of ‘at risk’ children or those living in vulnerable situations
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Support data collection and indicators to prevent and protect all children
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WESTT WORLD will work collaboratively and coordinate with experts and specialists within the area of child rights in the hope that more children can be protected from harm and have happier lives.