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Below are links to previous press releases on Women for Women International's activities.

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lease contact Ricki Weisberg, Strategic Initiatives Manager, at 202-737-7705 or rweisberg@womenforwomen.org if you would like more information on any of these activities.

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.

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”, November 19, 2007

To read the report click here

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, March 8, 2007

The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival and Hope Released, September 19, 2006

Women for Women International Receives 2006 Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Prize, September 14, 2006

Charity Navigator Awards Four Star Rating to Women for Women International, February 1, 2006

Address to United Nations Security Council, October 27, 2005 by Sweeta Noori , Afghanistan Country Director of Women for Women International

Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award goes to Ngozi Eze, Nigeria Country Director for Women For Women International, July 5, 2005

Iraqis Want Women's Rights Secured In New Constitution, June 29, 2005

Zainab Salbi Receives Sixth Annual Forbes Trailblazer Award, April 4, 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, January 7, 2005

Afghanistan Microcredit Program Distributes First $34,000 USD in Loans to Women, July 19th, 2004

Senators Clinton and Hagel Welcome Women for Women International Country Directors on Capitol Hill, June 15th, 2004

InterAction Awards Women for Women International the Mildred Robbins Leet Award for the Advancement of Women, May 20, 2004

Women Develop Next Steps for Full Participation in Iraq, December 11, 2003

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

Local Arts Group Gathers to Support Women for Women International, June 18, 2003