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Press Releases
Below are links to previous press releases on Women for Women International's activities.
Please contact Lyric Thompson at 202-449-9440 or lthompson@womenforwomen.org if you would like more information on any of these activities.
- May, 18 - Washington, DC –Women for Women International-Afghanistan Country Director Sweeta Noori returns from Afghanistan, urges members of Congress to support Afghan women.
- April, 23 - Washington, DC –Nicholas Kristof to lead discussions at a luncheon hosted by the New York Leadership circle on June 3, 2009 in New York City.
- February 14, 2009 - Austin, TX –Women for Women International's CEO Zainab Salbi and DRC Country Director Christine Karumba spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI-U) conference held in Austin, TX.
- February 3, 2009 - Washington, DC –Women for Women International's Africa country directors briefed House Foreign Affairs Committee staff on program efforts to combat pervasive rural poverty and the global food crisis by training socially-excluded women in Africa on profitable, market-based farming techniques.
- December 9, 2008 - Rumbek/Washington, DC – Women only Agribusiness fights hunger and poverty in Sudan - Women for Women International Launches large-scale farming project.
- November 12, 2008 - Washington, DC – Amidst widespread violence and massive human suffering Women for Women International is preparing to respond to the needs of thousands of women who are threatened by the fighting and are in urgent need of assistance.
- October 2008 - Washington, DC – Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo are calling for assistance and strong international leadership to prevent further deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in the country's eastern provinces.
- October 28, 2008 - Washington, DC – With fighting between Congolese government troops and rebel forces intensifying, civilians and particularly women are again in grave danger of taking the brunt of the fighting.
- March, 2008 - Washington, DC –Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International just returned from a trip to her native Iraq. Her experiences there reinforced the sentiments of more than1,500 Iraqi women captured in study findings released today by Women for Women International.
- November 19, 2007 - Women for Women International Congolese Country Director, Christine Karumba, Speaks Out About the Rape Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- November 19, 2007 - Women for Women International Releases Groundbreaking Survey of Women in Kosovo “Stronger Women, Stronger Nations: Amplifying the Voices of Women in Kosovo”.
- March 8, 2007 - Women for Women International Releases Seminal Report on International Women's Day: Ending Violence Against Women in Eastern Congo: Preparing Men to Advocate for Women’s Rights.
- September 19, 2006 - The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival and Hope Released.
- September 14, 2006 - Women for Women International Receives 2006 Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
- February 1, 2006 - Charity Navigator Awards Four Star Rating to Women for Women International.
- October 27, 2005 - Address to United Nations Security Council by Sweeta Noori , Afghanistan Country Director of Women for Women International
- July 5, 2005 - Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award goes to Ngozi Eze, Nigeria Country Director for Women For Women International.
- June 29, 2005 - Iraqis Want Women's Rights Secured In New Constitution.
- April 4, 2005 - Zainab Salbi Receives Sixth Annual Forbes Trailblazer Award.
- January 7, 2005 - First Post-War Survey of Iraqi Women Shows Women Want Legal Rights; Dispels Notions That Women Believe Tradition, Culture Should Limit Their Participation in Government.
- July 19, 2004 - Afghanistan Microcredit Program Distributes First $34,000 USD in Loans to Women.
- June 15, 2005 - Senators Clinton and Hagel Welcome Women for Women International Country Directors on Capitol Hill.
- May 20, 2004 - InterAction Awards Women for Women International the Mildred Robbins Leet Award for the Advancement of Women.
- December 11, 2003 - Women Develop Next Steps for Full Participation in Iraq.
- Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, to Give Briefing on Current Status of Women in Iraq
- Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, to Testify Before Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittees
