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When you join the Stand With Her program, you will help your sister learn skills that can change her life.

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Nearly 50% of Widows Live in Poverty: We Can Change That

Many widowed women lack economic opportunities and live on the fringes of society, socially stigmatized and often blamed for the loss of their husbands. In some societies, they are killed for practicing witchcraft or are subjected to living lives of seclusion in grief, undergo funeral rites such as...
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Responding to the Refugee Crisis in Northern Iraq

Four million refugees and displaced people are struggling to rebuild their lives in Iraq, after having fled their homes in search of peace and stability. Displaced for months or years, women displaced by conflict face challenges that threaten their basic security, economic well-being, and survival...
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Happy Father's Day

Happy Father’s Day to all the loving dads around the world! We would like to take a moment and celebrate all the dads who have gone through Women for Women International’s Men’s Engagement Program. We work with men around the world to ensure that they are allies in the fight for gender equality...
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Our Evolving Work in South Sudan

The situation in South Sudan continues to deteriorate. Famine, violence, and government strife have forced millions of citizens to flee their homes, becoming internally displaced people, or flee making them a refugee in a foreign country. As of March 2017, the UN estimated that 7.5 million people...
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4 Things You Didn’t Know About Refugees

The plight of Syrian refugees has taken center stage in 2017. The horrors of Aleppo continue to shock the world and urges us all to do more to help ease the suffering. We must invest in providing opportunities and services that are urgently needed by Syrian refugees and other refugees around the...
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Raspberry Seedlings Fuel Hope in Kosovo

Arzie, a graduated woman from the Women for Women International Kosovo program, has donated 5,000 raspberry seedlings to 88 women across the country. The war did not make life easy for Arzie and her family, but she knew she had to help other, like herself, who just needed a little help getting...
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We Need Your Help: Financial Times Seasonal Appeal 

Women for Women International has an amazing opportunity. We have been selected as one of two non-profit partners to be featured in the Financial Times. If you are an employee there, please vote for Women for Women International to be your charity partner for 2017-18. Together we can shine a light...
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A Mother Earns an Income and Saves for Her Child

On Mother’s Day, thousands gather to honor the strong and loving women in their lives who have raised them into the people they are. Motherhood in Rwanda is a special phase in life and there are many incredibly strong women who are fighting to improve the lives of their families who deserved to be...
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A Mother Finding Strength After Change

Rabia is a mother who has 6 children. In honor of Mother’s Day, we are sharing Rabia's story so that you may learn how the Women for Women International program has allowed Rabia to take better care of her children and her family. This is her story:
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Four Quotes You Probably Missed from Women for Women International Luncheon

Yesterday Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton sat down with CNN’s Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour to discuss the importance of women involvement in peace and security. What much of the news media missed was the emphasis that she put on investing in women’s rights in the United...
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