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Edita Veseli, a Life Skills manager for WfWI-Kosovo, shares the story of how women in the program inspire her and each other. Over the years I have gathered so much inspiration and strength in so many different ways from every woman I have encountered. When I was asked to share a story about a woman...

For Phibi, a program graduate in Nigeria, a small savings bank made from mud clay represents the power she has to change her life – and the life of her daughter, too. Phibi is a 40-year-old widow with two children. She had been forced to drop out of school and marry after her father died suddenly...

War has almost always been a part of Regina’s life. It forced her to drop out of school, led her to flee to the Democratic Republic of the Congo with her family, and even took the life of one of her eight children. With the support of her Women for Women International training group, Regina changed...

Before joining the WfWI training program in 2006, Huma didn’t get out much – she cared for her children, her home, and the cows that were the main source of income for her family. “At one point I was spending so much time with cows that I was afraid I would start to moo,” she says. She didn’t have...

Sara is a divorced single mother who has survived war and exile from her home country. She says she has been inspired by her trainers to keep working and striving. Sara enrolled in the Women for Women International program in March 2014. She is receiving training in growing vegetables, and has...

Hassana has always been determined to see her own four children educated – especially her two daughters. However, Hassana found that paying their school fees to keep them in school was nearly impossible. She had to wait for her husband to pay the fees, and if he refused, she would have to go to the...

Being able to earn an income and support herself and her children has changed the way Joyce views herself and her life. She has more self-confidence, and hope for the future. “I am now free from stress,” she says. “I suffered a lot at the hands of my husband – oppression, abuse, and torture” says...

This week, people across Rwanda are coming together to remember the terrible genocide 21 years ago, and to stand together for the future of their country. It has been a long journey of recovery for Rwanda, and every step of the way, women have played a critical part in rebuilding their country –...

One year after 276 girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, WfWI-Nigeria Country Director Ngozi Eze reflects on the current situation and what can be done. Ngozi Eze discusses the kidnapping with Kay Burley on Sky News earlier this year. One year (364 days) has passed since 276...

“There are two Afghanistans – one dominated by the headlines of violence and the other captured in the untold stories and actions of courageous activists and everyday Afghans working to rebuild,” shared Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist David Rohde during Women for Women International’s seventh...

Mandana Hendessi, EMEA Regional Director for Women for Women International, recounts her recent trip to Northern Iraq where she visited the Kawergosk Refugee Camp where 13,000 refugees now live. [ View the story "The plight of Syrian women living in refugee camps" on Storify]

Thousands of dresses fluttered from washing lines strung across the football pitch in Pristina, Kosovo on Friday as our staff and Kosovo Country Director Iliriana Gashi joined their country’s leaders and citizens at an art installation to raise awareness for survivors of sexual violence during the...

Violeta Mulaj meticulously flipped through her portfolio booklet of handicrafts and tailoring works. An old sewing table and machine sat in the corner, and its creations hung from every spare space and ledge. The store is small in stature, but mighty in economic opportunity. Its gray walls are...

On my recent visit to Bosnia to take part in the annual Peace March remembering the Srebrenica genocide, I was also able to visit a few of the over 30 women’s association that have been set up by some of the 35,000 women graduates of the Zene za Zene (WfWI - Bosnia) program, which started in Bosnia...

Longtime WfWI supporter Lauri Pastrone and her 15-year-old daughter Giovanna participated in the 3-day, 75-miles Bosnia Peace March this past July to commemorate the 20 th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Along the way, they met with inspiring women’s associations formed by graduates of WfWI...