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Žene za Žene: A Story of Our History

By Jenna Presta, Women for Women International Communications Intern Twenty-four years ago, thirty women affected by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina enrolled in Women for Women International's very first training program. Their country was at war, and women were suffering at the hands of physical...
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#SheInspiresMe: Fazila Efendic from Bosnia and Herzegovina

In her small shop in the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center, 65-year-old Fazila sells flowers to mourners and visitors who come to honor and remember the 8,000 men and boys who were massacred there in July 1995. Before the genocide, Fazila lived in the town with her husband Hamed, her son Fejzo...
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WfWI Supporters Share Experiences from Bosnia Peace March

Longtime WfWI supporter Lauri Pastrone and her 15-year-old daughter Giovanna participated in the 3-day, 75-miles Bosnia Peace March this past July to commemorate the 20 th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Along the way, they met with inspiring women’s associations formed by graduates of WfWI...
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Marching for Peace and Making a Difference in Bosnia

Inspired to make a difference, longtime WfWI supporter Tracy Craighead joined the Bosnia Peace March last month to support women survivors of war and honor those killed in the Srebrenica genocide 20 years ago. The Lewisboro Ledger interviewed Tracy and shared the following story about her...
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#SheInspiresMe: Sabina from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sabina had completed elementary school and two years of high school when war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was never able to return and finish her education. “I was always ashamed because of this,” she says. “After I married, I just stayed home and took care of my family and mother-in-law...
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The Role of Women on the Path for Peace

These and other questions on women’s contributions to peace-building and stability were put to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, by Glamour magazine Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive at our Annual Luncheon on May 6th in New York City.
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Q&A with Tony Gambino, former Interim CEO

Board member and program committee chair Tony Gambino served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Women for Women International from April - November 2014. He has many years of experience working across the developing world, including serving as USAID Mission Director to the Democratic Republic of...
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