July 17, 2008 Women for Women International helps victims in South Kivu. Over the past two years at 13 training centres in the principal return areas in South Kava, Women for Women International has helped returning refugees and internally displaced women earn a living and become active members of society again.
July 3, 2008 Women for Women International's CIFI Project recognized in The New Times. The launch of the Women for Women International's CIFI (Commecrical Integrated Farming Initiative) project in Rwanda will focus on training over 3,000 women in organic agriculture for both purposes of selling for profit and personal use. The CIFI project is looking to expand into Sudan and Afghanistan in 2009.
June 20, 2008 The UN Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war. Targeting the deliberate use of rape as a tactic in war and a threat to international security, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said violence against women had reached "unspeakable proportions" in some societies recovering from conflict. The UN will begin setting up an inquiry to report in June 2009 on how widespread the practice is and how to tackle it.
May 1, 2008
Caroline Kennedy talks about Zainab Salbi with Time Magazine and the work that Women for Women International is doing to help women around the world through offering to help women recover from the ravages of war and become active citizens by offering direct aid, job training, micro-credit loans, rights awareness and leadership education.
April 11, 2008
Zainab Salbi quoted in a new article focusing on new opportunies for Global philanthropy in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, specifically fosusing on the voices of women to make change.
April 9, 2008
Lisa F. Jackson talks about Women for Women International and making of documentary, The Greatest Silence
Documentary filmmaker Lisa Jackson traveled to the Congo in 2006 to investigate the systematic rape of tens of thousands of women. She discusses her film and the participants at Women for Women International. The documentary, The Greatest Silence, debuts Tuesday April 8th on HBO. Click here to hear the podcast.
April 7, 2008
Founder of Women for Women International Zainab Salbi quoted in article focusing on current situation of women in Iraq in Newsweek Magazine. The article explores the rights of women including what they are allowed to wear and their education.
April 1, 2008
Women for Women International's country office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo featured in Lisa Jackson documentary - The Greatest Silence. Country Director Christine Karumba and women participants share thier stories. Airs April 8th at 10 pm on HBO.
March 19, 2008 Founder of Women for Women International Zainab Salbi, talks about growing up in Iraq, as well as her most recent trip to the country in the San Francisco Chronicle. Through her own accounts, and the most recent country report released by Women for Women International, Salbi focuses on the status of women in Iraq.
March 8, 2008 Featured on CNN.com's home page on International Women's Day, Honorata tells her harrowing story of sexual slavery in the Democratic Republic of Congo and her recovery with the support of her Women for Women International sponsor. Now, not only a Women for Women International program graduate but also a staff member in the DR Congo office, Honorata helps other women recover and rebuild by speaking the truth about what is continuing to happen to women in the DR Congo and in other war and conflict zones. This International Women's Day, Honorata's story is a poignant reminder of how every woman can make difference. http://www.cnn.com
March 2, 2008 Women for Women International’s Iraq Report, released on March 2nd, was featured in the BBC Article “National crisis' for Iraqi women”. The article discusses the current status of Iraqi Women based on a study done by Women for Women International. Click here to read the article.
March, 2008
Founder of Women for Women International Zainab Salbi, speaks to The Women's Media Center about her recent visit to Iraq, and how important it is to listen to the Iraqi Women in regards to the struggle of day to day life, status, and the future of Iraq.
February 2008
Women for Women International launches in Google Earth. Google Earth users can now view Women for Women International's program work through a Google Earth "layer". Click around the globe to see where we work and read women's stories of hope, survival and recovery. You can find us in the Google Earth Outreach Showcase or click here to open the Google Earth file. (in a KML format)
February 27, 2008
Long time partner of Women for Women International, Organic Style announces the launch of their magazine this week.
Organic Style® Magazine is a quarterly online publication connecting you to
artisans, growers, humanitarians and environmentalists who make it their mission to put the planet first, including the vital and life-enhancing work of Women for Women International. Read Healing the Wounds of War in the premier issue.
February 18, 2008
Hamide Latifi, Country Director for Kosovo sent a heart felt update to the Women for Women office, declaring her countries excitement over the declaration of independence. Kosovo has declared it’s independence from Serbia after years of struggle and confrontation. Click here to read her update.
February 17, 2008
Kosovo has declared it’s independence from Serbia after years of struggle and confrontation. Click here to read the full article in the New York Times.
February, 2008
Women for Women International was featured as a partner in the “How you can help” section on the MSNBC’s coverage of the War in Congo. To read the article or view the film you can visit the website.
2007 Zainab Salbi, gives a voice to what she calls the “backline” of war—the often unheard and ignored experiences of women and their efforts to survive the terrifying consequences of the frontline at PopTech! in 2007.
January, 2008 Women for Women International was featured on the segment "War Against Women” on CBS’s 60 Minutes. The segment focuses on the civil war in Congo and the effect it’s had on the women of the DR Congo. The show aired January 13th, 2008.
December, 2007 As the threat of conflict looms and independence continues to be an issue in Kosovo, Zainab Salbi discusses the view of Kosovar women on the economic, social and political issues that affect all of Kosovo in the Huffington Post.
December, 2007 Michael Gerson, from the Washington Post, visited the DRC with a delegation from the Holocaust Museum. He recounts his experience meeting one of Women for Women International participants of the program in his Op-Ed.
November, 2007 Women for Women International is featured in The Utah Statesmen Online, as it receives holiday donations from Angie’s Restaurant in Logan Utah. In addition to giving locals a free Thanksgiving meal, Saboor Fahey, owner of Angie’s Restaurant, contributes money from donations raised by members of the community to a charity of his choice, this year choosing Women for Women International praising the work that they have done in his native Afghanistan.
November 7 , 2007
Calling her “a remarkable young leader who shares my father’s belief that one person can make a difference”, Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy Presidential Library honored, Women for Women International founder, Zainab Salbi with the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award. Zainab’s contributions in the realm of community service, advocacy and grassroots activism through her work with Women for Women International earned her the recognition.
Christine Karumba's Podcast about Genocide
Our Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Country Director, Christine Karumba, recently participated in a podcast for the "Voices on Genocide Prevention" which is hosted and presented by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In this interview, she spoke about the current state of women in the DRC and why Women for Women International work there is so important.
Click Here to Listen to Christine Karumba's podcast about genocide.
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October 23, 2007
Women for Women International Founder and CEO, Zainab Salbi, was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders with Jean Feraca. Zainab discussed her personal experience as a survivor of war and about work with Women for Women International.
October 9, 2007
Women for Women International DR Congo Country Director, Christine Karumba, is interviewed on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane. She speaks about the war on women in east Congo and the sexual violence women are experiencing that has been called the worst in the world by United Nation's officials.
September 27, 2007 Christine Karumba, our DR Congo Country Director, is interviewed on Chicago Public Radio and discusses the work of Women for Women International in light of the epidemic of rapes that is occurring in her country.
September 11, 2007
Zainab Salbi appeared on PBS’ Wide Angle on September 11, 2007, following the documentary A Woman Among Warlords. Zainab spoke about the status of women in Afghanistan and how viewers could make a difference in the lives of women survivors of war.
August 9, 2007
Women for Women International was featured on InStyle's blog when Emily Deschanel teamed up with Jacinda Barrett to host a private trunk show to raise money to rebuild the lives of Congolese women. Emily become involved with Women for Women International during the hiatus of her TV show, Bones.
August 22, 2007 Who's Doing Good? Emily Deschanel and her support of Women for Women International is featured on the GoodSearch home page. GoodSearch donates to the charity of your choice for every search you do on the Internet
July / August 2007
The one-to-one connection between sponsors and women in the field through letter writing is featured in the article, "Please Mr. Postman: Reclaiming the lost art of letter writing".
July/August 2007 Yoga+Joyful Living, "International leader Zainab Salbi: wellspring of courage," by Lorraine Dusky. Founder and CEO, Zainab Salbi is featured on the cover of Yoga Plus magazine.
July 26, 2007 Chautauqua Podcasts. Zainab Salbi discusses how just $27 and a letter have helped 100,000 women war survivors around the world.
Spring 2007
Ms. Magazine highlights the work of Women for Women International's program in Iraq in the article "The Talibanization of Iraq," by Bay Fang.
December 2006
O, The Oprah Magazine goes in depth on the impact on a women's life when she is sponsored through Women for Women International. "I am starting to throw away my worries, one by one" by Liz Brody.
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