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

At Women for Women International we use a lot of field-based vocabulary that often has a much deeper meaning and greater implications than a simple definition. In this series, we will be addressing some of these terms in the hopes of giving YOU the tools you need to have conversations about women’s...

Mina* is a forty-five-year-old woman living in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. She graduated from Women for Women International’s program in March 2018 and is working towards creating her own small poultry farm using her newly-gained skills. The future looks bright for Mina, but that wasn’t...

Before the war in Syria, Amina lived with her parents and four siblings. She never had the chance to go to school, however she was happy to live with her parents and four siblings and have their support. Sadly, because her family couldn’t afford to support all the siblings, she was married when she...

Women’s rights continue to be violated and disrespected disproportionately due to social norms, legal discrimination, and economic inequality around the world. Here are four human rights that women are still deprived of disproportionately.

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...

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...

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...

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: