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Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! On Instagram, we asked you to suggest books for us to read this June and then vote. This month, you picked Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai. Founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari shares her...

Alice is a young mother from Plateau State in north-central Nigeria, an area with a long history of conflict between ethnic groups competing for land. Thousands have been killed and forced from their homes in the last year alone, and tensions are never far from the surface. Yet for Alice – as for...

The amount of forcibly displaced people has reached a staggering number—over 114 million according to UNHCR—and the number only continues to increase.

Coronavirus forced people apart to take care of each other. Even though women in our program had to pause regularly gathering in person for trainings, they could carry lessons and friendships out of the classroom to protect each other and their community. No one knows how to do this better than...

What did you think about the June book club selection, Unbowed: A Memoir? Last month, we asked you to vote on the Women for Women International Book Club pick for June, and you overwhelmingly chose Wangari Maathai's memoir. We read together about the transformative power education had on Wangari's...

I have the privilege of being an activist. Through my work, I’ve had the privilege of supporting women in many countries across Africa, such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and South Sudan. I meet great women leaders from around the world and draw inspiration from them. But as a woman born...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! Readers on Instagram voted on a book for us to read together this July, and you picked So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. When it comes to injustice, we cannot stay silent. Women for Women International believes that Black Lives...

This blog was originally published on the website of Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups (ECWG), here. Since March 2020, Nigeria has been under a COVID-19 lockdown. There have been travel restrictions between states and Local Government Areas (LGAs), stay-at-home orders, bans on large gatherings...

Women in Iraq were ready to return to their lives, to their friends, and to their training at Women for Women International. Swift and strict lockdowns initially helped lower COVID-19 cases though many felt the economic strain. As the number of new cases decreased, lockdowns eased, and the promise...

Whether you’re sitting at home or at an isolated getaway, books continue to be a wonderful way to explore different places and understand other perspectives. We’ve compiled a list of books to help you stay connected with women around the world and learn how to support each other’s power.

How did you learn about coronavirus? And how did you learn to protect yourself from it? Perhaps someone told you about it. Maybe you heard about COVID-19 on the news or radio. If you’re reading this post, you may have seen a video or read an article. From social media to texts to radio broadcasts to...

Being a parent is hard. Parenting in poverty and places of conflict can be even harder. On this Parents’ Day, we recognize, uplift, and support parents raising the future of our world. The women we serve are paving the path to equality for their children.

This month, we read Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race together for the Women for Women International Book Club. Working towards gender equality is intertwined with working towards racial equality. And that means having conversations about race that can be complex and uncomfortable. We...

As one Ebola outbreak was declared done, another sprouted in its place. The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to wrestle with this hydra while simultaneously dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month’s pick came as a suggestion on Instagram from @wondrous_soul_ : The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. Lemmon relays the experiences of Kamila Sidiqi as her rights, and those of women around her, eroded during the...

In Iraq, where COVID-19 cases remain high, our team innovated ways for women to stay connected with staff, each other, and their global support network.

Alone in the middle of violence, poverty, and health crises, women can feel forgotten. We come together as a global support network to remind each woman that we see her and support her as she goes on a journey to transform her life. And on World Humanitarian Day, we honor the frontline members of...

Since Afghanistan's momentous 100th anniversary of its independence last year, the national context has only gotten more complex. Between a hotly contested national election, ongoing peace negotiations, and a global pandemic, the future of women and their power can seem a precarious thing.

A century ago, women in the United States secured the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment. Halfway between then and now was the Women’s Strike for Equality, the historic second wave feminist strike advocating for equal opportunity in the workplace and education, free abortion, and...

When women come together, we create hope. In response to COVID-19 forcing us all apart, we invited women and allies from our global community for an online discussion series to discuss global challenges facing women and what it takes to overcome them. Here’s a quick look at what hope for the future...