In just 100 days in Rwanda beginning on April 6, over 800,00 people were brutally murdered in an ethnic cleansing campaign. This year we mark the 25th Anniversary of the beginning of that massacre. At Women for Women International, we choose to learn from the women who survived the worst moment in...

The story of Mariam’s journey was told to a member of our Women for Women International- Afghanistan team.

On Saturday, June 23rd, at least 200 people were killed in northern Nigeria as a result of massive, ongoing violence between the Muslim Fulani herdsman and the Christian farmers in Plateau State. The attack hit particularly close to home for me, as a member of Women for Women International’s staff...

This week, continued violence prevented the world’s youngest country from celebrating its independence day for the third year in a row. Even as leaders attempt to secure peace and stability in South Sudan, its residents and refugees continue to experience the devastating effects of the civil war.

World Humanitarian Day, which takes place every year on August 19th, recognizes the workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and mobilizes people to advocate for humanitarian action. On this year's World Humanitarian Day, the UN and its partners are advocating for the protection of...

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...