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Every day, we see women demonstrate the strength to overcome the most extraordinary of circumstances. Amidst confusion, panic, fear, and crisis, we see resilience in every woman who goes through our program with the will to rebuild her life. We hope that in reading stories of some of our past...

Around the world, women in 155 countries face legal restrictions on the economic opportunities available to them, according to the recent World Bank Group’s report Women, Business and the Law 2016, which highlights the challenges women face in the global economy and underscores the need for legal...

The search for a Director for Women for Women International–South Sudan was meticulous and holistic. Because staff from the countries in which they work are acutely aware of local women’s needs, our South Sudan team looked for candidates who had experience in both women’s and men’s engagement and...

Raja is a courageous Iraqi woman and mother of five raising her children in a refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She has been internally-displaced and single-parenting since 2016. Before the war, Raja’s husband worked for the Iraqi army, but he was forced to leave his job when ISIS took...

Climate justice, gender equality and peace are deeply interconnected. Around the world, climate crises and conflicts are on the rise, and it is women and girls who are disproportionately impacted - but to develop meaningful, sustainable and inclusive solutions, leaders must listen to them.

The pandemic is setting back the strides made towards gender equality for women around the world, especially in education.

At Women for Women International, we believe that powerful transformation happens when communities unite, especially during times of crises. As an immensely challenging 2023 comes to a close, we cannot help but reflect on key moments that motivate us to work even harder to serve women survivors of...

Considered to be the world’s youngest nation to be widely recognized, South Sudan’s independence was recently gained in 2011 from Sudan. The road to sovereignty is marked with violence, with a 22-year civil war that led to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on January 9, 2005.

With the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic and the rising number of cases globally, Women for Women International is continuing to take actions that secure the health and safety of the women we serve and the local staff who support them.

After two years of war in Ukraine, Anna Orel is exhausted. It’s impossible to get used to the relentless barrage of rockets, or nightly drone attacks in the capital Kyiv which make it hard to sleep. For Anna, surviving in wartime means living in the now. “Nobody knows how many days you will be alive...

To achieve the sustainable development goals, gender equality is non-negotiable. Our data shows how investing in holistic programming that listens to the most marginalized women transforms the enabling environment for women’s rights.

*Trigger warning: deals with sexual violence* *Mila is not her real name* In March this year, Mila was raped repeatedly by a young soldier after Russian forces took control of her village. He’d been drinking heavily and was part of a group that shot her friend’s husband in front of her. Mila...

Whenever crisis strikes, personal savings become more critical than ever for keeping families afloat. In nations where women continuously lack the opportunity to earn an income outside of the household, savings become crucial for supporting and uplifting families, pointing to the benefit of...

According to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) levels of violence against women are heightened in post-conflict zones. The increase in violence is attributed to the disruption in law and order, a “break down” in family and social structures, and the normalization of gender-based...