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Welcome to the  Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez.  In this highly recommended book by WFWI Book Club members, the author takes a well-researched look at the expansive and often...

We’re closely monitoring the situation unfolding in Afghanistan. Our team is safe. They are very sad, but calm, and sheltering in place. We are so proud of them and the work they do serving women and their families across the country.

We're working to restart our programs for women survivors of war.

Barriers to social, cultural, and economic equality are even more extreme for ultra-poor women in conflict-affected countries. The UN International Equal Pay Day on September 18th underscores the inequity in the gender pay gap and the systemic inequalities it is rooted in. To celebrate, below are...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Starting and running a business can be challenging. It requires bravery and grit — skills we believe are essential to our work here at Women for Women International. Women business owners are everyday change-makers and leaders supporting their families and communities. Our Build Business Forward...

Women writers are vessels of change for gender equality around the globe. Their storytelling gives us an incredible perspective both on daily life and history, and many times we close their books feeling empowered ourselves. During Hispanic Heritage Month, we are celebrating the power of Hispanic...

In the second edition of our Building Business Forward series, meet Joy — a food vendor from Kogi State, Nigeria. Joy used her Stronger Women, Stronger Nations program training to change the course of her business, start saving, and end conflicts in her household. She is a true woman with power, and...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading Half of a Yellow Sun by award-winning writer and feminist champion, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 

We are actively working on legal authorization to restart our Afghanistan programs and serve women survivors of war.

In our final installment of the Building Business Forward series, meet Jummai — a beverage vendor from Katsina State, Nigeria. Through the business skills she learned in her Stronger Women Stronger Nations program, Jummai developed a successful business in her community selling soft drinks. Her...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

Press Release: Women for Women International launches global awareness campaign on gender based violence

16 Days of Activism is a worldwide campaign to end violence against women and girls. The campaign launches each year on November 25th – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – and runs through December 10th – World Human Rights Day. Here are 16 facts you need to know about...

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month, we’re reading Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, a powerful, courageous memoir by activist and advocate Tarana Burke.

I’m Hanna Nussair, a current Master of Human Rights student at the University of Minnesota concentrating in the rights of women and girls. My graduate research focuses on gender empowerment, educational equity, and eliminating violence against women. While working on my masters, I am a consultant...

Men and women working together is the only way to change traditions and socials norms that discriminate against women and restrict their freedoms.

Supporting women in Afghanistan is still making a difference.

For nearly four years, Latifa worked as Advocacy Coordinator in Afghanistan for Women for Women International. She left Kabul in August 2021 during the final days of the US / UK troop withdrawal and is currently a refugee living in London.

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month, we’re reading The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by humanitarian and philanthropist, Melinda Gates.