My name is Euphrasie
Language English, British I’m married with five children—three girls and two boys. I’m 50 years old. I was the eighth child, out of ten in our family. Rwanda was where I was when the genocide began. I...
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Language English, British “Throughout my life I have faced many hardships,” says Zainab, a 43-year-old woman who lives in Ogbagbala village in Kogi State, Nigeria. She is married and has six...
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Language English, British Kadire Tahiraj is a mother of three, and lives with her husband and children in a small two room house.“My sons are 16 and 22, and my daughter is 19. They are enroled in...
View ArticleMy Name Is Valbona
Language English, British For Valbona, the war in Kosovo destroyed everything she and her family had. “We tried to stay in Kosovo for as long as we could. My husband and I fled our village to escape...
View ArticleMy Name Is Awham
Language English, British Awham remembers the year the war started in Iraq, and the additional hardships she faced after her husband fell ill and lost his job. “I was left to care for my four children...
View ArticleMy name is Claudine
Language English, British I was born in 1975. I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. But I had to stop secondary school when my father died. I was very sad and even angry to have stopped going to...
View ArticleMy name is Zarghuna
Language English, British I am 38 years old. There was no happiness in my childhood. When I was six years old, my brother lost a dog-fighting match and started fighting with my cousin which led to my...
View ArticleUPDATE: Preventing the Spread of Ebola in Nigeria
UPDATE: Preventing the Spread of Ebola in NigeriaWomen for Women International – Nigeria Country Director Ngozi Eze welcomed the announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Nigeria...
View ArticleUPDATE: Preventing the spread of Ebola in Nigeria
UPDATE: Preventing the spread of Ebola in NigeriaWomen for Women International – Nigeria Country Director Ngozi Eze welcomed the announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Nigeria...
View ArticleThe power of a group
The power of a groupThe Dasht-e-Barchi women’s sewing group meets every week in one of the members’ homes. The group’s elected president is in charge of collecting the fees and checking attendance....
View ArticleReflections from the CSO Day of London’s Syria Conference
Reflections from the CSO Day of London’s Syria ConferenceLast week, I attended the CSO (civil society organisation’s) day of the ‘supporting Syria and the region conference’ in London, hosted by the...
View ArticleThis Woman Survived the Rwandan Genocide and Inspired Change in Her Community
This Woman Survived the Rwandan Genocide and Inspired Change in Her CommunitySitting under the shade of the acacia trees in Nyaruguru, Rwanda, 52-year-old Caritas Mukagatana lists every member of her...
View ArticleHuman Rights Experts Underscore Role of Women in Peacebuilding at Annual...
Human Rights Experts Underscore Role of Women in Peacebuilding at Annual Luncheon“Inclusivity changes the dynamic in the long term. Immediately after the [Libyan] revolution, a lot of women were...
View ArticleReaching the Furthest Behind First
Reaching the Furthest Behind FirstBreaking Silos: Gender and the Sustainable Development GoalsA year ago, our world leaders committed to eradicate poverty by 2030, making a commitment in the...
View ArticleFunded by WfWI, New Women’s Center Opens in Northern Iraq
Funded by WfWI, New Women’s Center Opens in Northern IraqWfWI’s partner, Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF), based at the Khanke IDP camp in the Duhok Province in Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), caters to...
View ArticleCan Women Save Their Way Out of Marginalization?
Can Women Save Their Way Out of Marginalization?The problem of mandatory formalization in financial inclusionSaving up can be very powerful – there is liberation in the process of saving (“I can...
View ArticleMy name is Zarghuna
Language English, British I am 38 years old. There was no happiness in my childhood. When I was six years old, my brother lost a dog-fighting match and started fighting with my cousin which led to my...
View ArticleUPDATE: Preventing the Spread of Ebola in Nigeria
UPDATE: Preventing the Spread of Ebola in NigeriaWomen for Women International – Nigeria Country Director Ngozi Eze welcomed the announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Nigeria...
View ArticleUPDATE: Preventing the spread of Ebola in Nigeria
UPDATE: Preventing the spread of Ebola in NigeriaWomen for Women International – Nigeria Country Director Ngozi Eze welcomed the announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Nigeria...
View ArticleThe power of a group
The power of a groupThe Dasht-e-Barchi women’s sewing group meets every week in one of the members’ homes. The group’s elected president is in charge of collecting the fees and checking attendance....
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