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Like many first-time mothers I knew nothing about looking after a baby. We wanted to hire a nanny who spoke English so I could communicate all my misguided knowledge about baby care. We interviewed a number of young women recommended to us. They had learned English in refugee camps in Pakistan, but...

We believe their needs count, their experiences count, and their progress counts. We also believe that we must do everything we can to ensure women have access to the information, resources, and support they need to improve their economic and social well-being.

At Women for Women International we use a lot of international development and women’s rights terms that often have a much deeper meaning and greater implications than a simple definition. In this series, we will be addressing some of these terms in the hopes of giving YOU the tools you need to have...

On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, Women for Women International hosted an inspiring event featuring stories of courage from a diverse range of speakers at the National Museum for Women in the Arts.

Happiness can be hard to quantify. What does it mean to be happy? How do I become a happier person? These are questions that can be difficult to answer because different people find happiness in different things. Depending on our culture, or how we grew up, we have certain values that equate...

Here is how Women for Women International celebrated this day around the world.

I first heard about Women for Women International while watching the Oprah show more than fifteen years ago. Founder and then CEO, Zainab Salbi, was Oprah’s guest and I remember watching with rapt attention as she explained to the audience the mission of Women for Women International. I have always...

Earlier this week, Women for Women International’s CEO Laurie Adams sat down with Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario and NBC’s “Nightly News” and “Dateline” Anchor Lester Holt for a conversation on the realities women face in conflict-affected countries. Moderating the...

Rose Ibrahim Boyi is 33 years old and the mother of four sons and a daughter. She joined Women for Women International’s program in Plateau State after being displaced from her community due to violent conflict.

Before the war in Syria, Amina lived with her parents and four siblings. She never had the chance to go to school, however she was happy to live with her parents and four siblings and have their support. Sadly, because her family couldn’t afford to support all the siblings, she was married when she...

Mina* is a forty-five-year-old woman living in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. She graduated from Women for Women International’s program in March 2018 and is working towards creating her own small poultry farm using her newly-gained skills. The future looks bright for Mina, but that wasn’t...

At Women for Women International we use a lot of field-based vocabulary that often has a much deeper meaning and greater implications than a simple definition. In this series, we will be addressing some of these terms in the hopes of giving YOU the tools you need to have conversations about women’s...

Raja is a courageous Iraqi woman and mother of five raising her children in a refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She has been internally-displaced and single-parenting since 2016. Before the war, Raja’s husband worked for the Iraqi army, but he was forced to leave his job when ISIS took...

In 2017, over 15,000 new women enrolled in WfWI’s core program to gain critical knowledge, skills, and resources to change their lives. But how can we know these women have benefitted from the program? Ask WfWI’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team.

This week, continued violence prevented the world’s youngest country from celebrating its independence day for the third year in a row. Even as leaders attempt to secure peace and stability in South Sudan, its residents and refugees continue to experience the devastating effects of the civil war.

On Saturday, June 23rd, at least 200 people were killed in northern Nigeria as a result of massive, ongoing violence between the Muslim Fulani herdsman and the Christian farmers in Plateau State. The attack hit particularly close to home for me, as a member of Women for Women International’s staff...

In July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims who were meant to be under UN protection were killed in an act of systematic ethnic cleansing in Srebrenica. Remembering the genocide and serving the survivors is still important.

The story of Mariam’s journey was told to a member of our Women for Women International- Afghanistan team.

Every four years, millions of Nigerians head out to the polling stations to cast their votes for representatives in the Presidential, State, and National Assembly elections. After the economic recession and years of sporadic violence around the country, Nigerians see the 2019 elections as an...

On Saturday, June 23, 2018, conflict broke out in Plateau State, Nigeria, where I live and work. More than 200 were killed in attacks by herdsman on farmers, a deadly conflict that rarely catches little global attention. The next day, at 4:00pm, I headed out from Rayfield to visit my brother and his...