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Since 2006, Women for Women International–South Sudan has worked with women uprooted from their homes and left behind by conflict and danger. We established our first office in Rumbek Lake and have since relocated to Yei. In 2016, we were forced to pause all programming and transition to supporting...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai. With World Refugee Day on June 20, we chose a book highlighting the power of women and girls displaced by war and...

Women’s financial freedom is in danger. Already concerning figures on women’s finances, such as the fact that women were prevented from certain job fields such as driving buses, mining, or fixing machinery, and 59 percent of women’s spouses control money in their household, were known prior to the...

I am Narmin Rjal. I am 29 years old and I live in the Basirma refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq. I used to live in Qamishli, Syria with my husband and three children. We became refugees on August 13th, 2013.

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

Women’s lived experiences in the Democratic Republic of Congo expose what sexual violence in conflict truly looks like, and what we must do to end it.

Women’s lived experiences in the Democratic Republic of Congo expose what sexual violence in conflict truly looks like, and what we must do to end it.

Like the ticking hands of a clock, change takes time. Whether it's an immediate response—like the one our organization took last June—or a prolonged one, change takes time.

For 20 years, World Refugee Day has been celebrated annually on June 20. According to the UNHCR, there are at least 79.5 million people around the world who have been forced to leave their home. This is more than the entire population of the UK (67 million people). On a global scale, 1% of the world...

Our world is more divided than ever. But what’s been reinforced is the need to understand one another, learn about each other, and stay connected. Books help us do that. The books on our summer reading list aren’t necessarily this year’s must-reads nor are they the newest. But the problems facing...

In honor of UN International Day of Parliamentarianism, Women for Women International celebrates the amazing women in political leadership all over the globe who have set trailblazing standards for human rights. Future generations are heavily impacted by important political decisions made today, and...

On March 6th, 2011, a group of students in Dara’a, Syria were arrested, imprisoned, and tortured for spray-painting anti-government graffiti on the wall of a local high school. As word of the teenagers’ treatment spread, the anti-regime movement grew rapidly, sparking government retaliation. Now...

Today, July 9th, we celebrate South Sudan Independence Day. Program participants in South Sudan have impacted everyone in their lives, maximizing their power and creating a ripple effect throughout their nation. In honor of this day, we are highlighting Nema Onzia, a brave women who completed our...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. A beloved story among many book club members, Gyasi's debut novel ambitiously chronicles the harmful legacy of the transatlantic slave trade through decades and across nations by following the...

After more than six years as the chair of our Global Board, Jan Rock Zubrow has passed the baton. At the Women for Women International global board meeting on June 23, Amjad Atallah and Delaney Steele stepped into the role as our new co-chairs.

Although navigating a world of violence is anything but easy for the world’s most vulnerable women—especially with COVID-19 continuing to rage across the globe—supporters like you have helped us create some incredible moments this year.

National Disability Independence Day is held annually on July 26th to celebrate the first national U.S. law that broke down barriers for individuals with disabilities. Women with disabilities are one of the most marginalized groups around the world, facing obstacles to their education, work and...

Throughout Nigeria, the number of people being kidnapped has risen dramatically in recent months. Men, women and children are forcefully taken from schools, homes and community gatherings by criminal gangs. Our priority is the safety and well-being of our staff and the women and girls who are...

Want to celebrate #WorldHumanitarianDay but don’t know where to start? We have some suggestions...

Unable to accept injustice, women human rights defenders in the world’s most dangerous conflict zones risk everything to create change. Their courageous efforts to serve people in need will create ripple-effects of generations to come – but heroic women around the world have also lost their lives in...