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On March 8, the increased spread of COVID-19 meant that we sadly had to suspend in-person trainings and gatherings at our offices in Iraq. Even so, our passionate and dedicated staff are doing all they can to equip women to protect themselves and their families from disease; before offices closed –...

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...

Women for Women International invests in the strength of women’s connections and community, even across distances. Our teams and participants have transitioned to using those connections to protect one another and be together, even if we are apart. Our teams prepared for suspension of our in-person...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is why we’ve chosen to read She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, New York Times journalists who broke the story on Harvey...

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the world, we are hearing from our global colleagues about how the crisis is affecting them and the women they serve.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it can feel harder to connect with others and the wider world. Thankfully, there are several enlightening films that both educate and entertain, especially as the daily struggles of women living in conflict-torn nations continue during this global emergency...

Climate change is unfortunately no longer news. Rising levels of air pollution, horrific natural disasters, and wildfires destroying Earth’s biodiversity appear in the headlines much too often. But new evidence is telling us that around the world, women unfairly bear the brunt of climate change’s...

In recognition of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Women for Women International’s Book Club read She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. As we read this book together, we explored some universal realities of sexual assault and harassment, the power...

Disease drives people apart. From social distancing to suspicion, the coronavirus pandemic has left a lot of people feeling isolated. But just because we’re apart doesn’t mean we can’t still stay connected. Women for Women International’s global community connects women across the world to support...

When women living in impoverished, conflict-torn areas have economic participation, they often join a nation’s informal economy. Informal economies include activities or jobs that provide a source of income but are not taxed or monitored by government institutions, such as street vending, seasonal...

Working in some of the hardest places in the world to be a woman also sometimes means working in some of the hardest places in the world to access healthcare or clean water or even cellphone reception.

1. Women put themselves at risk caring for the sick in countries where access to health services are non-existent In conflict-affected countries, most primary caregivers to the sick and elderly are women. This puts women at the frontlines of prevention and treatment within their households, making...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! On Instagram, we asked you to vote on which book we should read this May, and you picked The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil. Clemantine, the author and narrator of the book...

It’s Mother’s Day, and I’m thinking about my mom’s extraordinary life.

Amid all the heavy headlines of things COVID-19 has changed or stalled, we are happy to share with you a silver lining: We are resuming our in-person trainings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo! We always say that women are the hope for our future, and we are proud to invest in the hope women...

In our training centers across Afghanistan sat thousands of brown bags filled with crucial supplies against coronavirus. Each bag held a hygiene kit, packed with hand sanitizer, soap, gloves, masks, rolls of toilet paper, and pamphlets that educate people on preventing the spread of COVID-19. Across...

Like many women in our Rwanda program, a strict government lockdown in response to COVID-19 forced Jeanne to stay at home while suddenly shuttering her ability to make money for her family. Her training at Women for Women International was also put on pause, as public gatherings became banned.

Last month, we asked you to vote on Women for Women International Book Club's next read. You spoke, we listened, and this month we all read The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil. Together, we read author Clemantine’s account of...

When we made the difficult choice to suspend our in-person trainings due to COVID-19, our team prioritized maintaining connections with participants — both women and men in our Men’s Engagement Program. Not only are quarantines and lockdowns lonely and isolating, restrictions put economic strain on...

How does one flame transform the darkness? By sharing her light with the others around her. We see that transformation happen in the connections that women in our global community forge with one another.