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The U.S military combat mission in Iraq is over. The 2500 US troops on the ground have now transitioned to an advise and assist mission but will not leave the country. There’s no doubt that Iraqis are tired of conflict. But while some welcome the end of the combat mission, calling it a “win” for...

Program Priorities Supporting Afghan Women

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month, we’re reading The Power of Women: A Doctor’s Journey of Hope and Healing by world-renowned doctor, human rights activist, and Nobel laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege.

While we do not currently run programs in Ukraine, we stand with the people who are suffering. Below are some suggestions on how to help.

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard.

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Women for Women International is placing a spotlight on five women using their platforms and their #PowerToChange to create positive ripple effects in their respective communities. From performing on stage to publishing books to...

Names like Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, and Beyoncé might immediately come to mind when you think of today’s most influential BIPOC women. However, it’s also important to highlight the women who came before them and whose stories are not often as widely shared. In honor of Women‘s History Month...

With women especially affected by crisis, we are stepping up to meet their needs in Ukraine.

On March 8th, International Women’s Day, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that its budget for the 2023 fiscal year will request $2.6 billion USD to advance gender equality globally through foreign assistance programs – more than double the amount requested last year and the highest amount...

Maria Begum is a medical doctor who works as the Program Coordinator with the Center for Social Integrity (CSI), our local partner in Myanmar. Our  Conflict Response Fund in Myanmar helps provide education for women and girls. As a Rohingya woman, she shares how education shaped her life and how the...

For many women in the areas where we work, owning land doesn't seem like an option. Our change agents are proof that not only is it possible, but it is key to economic independence.

Three change agents, Yitpinwa, Yilgola, and Gomos, represented Stronger Women Stronger Nations cohorts in a committee for the Pankshin local government in Nigeria.

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste.

According to the United Nations, 137 women and girls are murdered on average a day by their partner or someone very close to them. Ending violence against women means that the international community must prioritize ending femicides across the world.

Every semester, students from around the globe join our Women for Women International and support our mission to unleash the power of women in conflict. These students, primarily women, work on a wide range of projects across all our teams. This spring semester, four spring interns aided across the...

On May 10, Women for Women International hosted our 2022 annual luncheon in New York City to reflect on how women in conflict-affected regions are rebuilding their lives and communities as survivors of trauma and the horrors of war.

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading Honor by Indian American writer, activist and professor, Thrity Umrigar.

Here in Yei, we are an entire continent away – 4,865 km/3,023 miles to be exact - from Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Yet, despite this distance, women here are already sharing stories about how a faraway war is having a significant and negative impact on their day-to-day lives.

In Afghanistan, women will have to wear a burqa in public. While the Taliban promised a moderate government when they took power again in 2021, more and more freedoms for women are now being curtailed.

Welcome to the Women for Women International Book Club! This month we’re reading A Woman Is No Man, by Etaf Rum.