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Connected Without Contact: Innovating with Mobile Technology

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July Book Club - So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Book Club Series – ‘So You Want to Talk About Race’ by Ijeoma Oluo

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Audry Shematsi, Country Director of Women for Women International - Democratic Republic of the Congo
By: Audry Shematsi

We are Congolese Women, and We Are Leaders

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Women for Women International Book Club - Unbowed Banner

Book Club Series: Your Take on 'Unbowed'

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Rwanda Women's Opportunity Center - Mask Making

Connected Without Contact: From the Classroom to the Community

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Amos and Alice

'My Love, Whom I Respect': Working With Men in Nigeria to Combat Domestic Violence

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Book cover: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Book Club Series: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Shopping with a Purpose on International Women’s Day

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Women for Women International Luncheon 2018

This International Women’s Day, Who’s Your She-ro?

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These women are participants of Women for Women International's core program and part of a cooperative formed by Women for Women International. The coop has rented a piece of land for 400K Rwandan francs (about $460)/ year and are able to turn a profit by growing onions. They harvest a ton of onions per harvest and sell it for 1,200 Rwandan francs per kilo, earning about 1,200,000 francs (about $1375). In addition to this plot of land where they plant onions, the coop has rented other plots where they are g
By: Laurie Adams

What’s the Key to Stronger Nations? Stronger Women.

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By: Laurie Adams

On World Day of Social Justice, Don’t Forget the “World”

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Program participants in DRC

Changing Social Norms One Conversation at a Time

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A Bosnian woman holding a Message to My Sister letter

#MessageToMySister – The Solidarity Sent Round the World

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Beneath the Tamarind Tree

Book Club Series: Beneath the Tamarind Tree by Isha Sesay

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Change Agents in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Sefa Nkansa

Promoting Women’s Rights is Fighting for Justice

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By: Laurie Adams

Four Compelling Movies, Books and TV Shows About Sexual Abuse, Survival, and Justice

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Women Attending Classes in Iraq

In the middle of U.S.-Iran conflict, biggest threats to women in Iraq go forgotten

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Participants in Iraq program. Photo credit: Aidan O'Neill

What Happens in a Year

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Zinhle Essamuah and Isha Sesay - December 4

Commitment to Courage: An Evening with Isha Sesay

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Men's Engagement in South Sudan. Photo Credit: Charles Atiki Lomodong
By: Moses Abure, Social Empowerment Trainer Women for Women International – South S…

The Spiralling Effect of Trauma and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan

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Marie Claire, Program Participant from Rwanda
By: Laurie Adams

If you want to stop violence against women, start with supporting survivors

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Change Agents in Nigeria

Using Advocacy Training to Tackle Violence Against Women in Nigeria

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What is gender-based violence, and how can we stop it?

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Graduation in Nigeria

16 Days of Activism: What You Can Do

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Men's Engagement program in Rwanda

The Men Who Make a Difference

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Women's Opportunity Center in Rwanda
By: Karen Sherman

Brick by Brick

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Tricia donor trip with staff and program graduates

Meeting the Women Moving Forward: A Sponsor’s Trip to Rwanda

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three women in South Sudan

South Sudan Program Re-Opens with New Social and Economic Empowerment Training

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Women's empowerment
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Social empowerment training at the Women for Women International center in Daratu, Erbil, Iraq.

The ‘Ceasefire’ in Syria is Over, but the Suffering Never Stopped

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Djenita and her mother

“We restore justice individually every day”

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Supporting Girls and Their Future Starts with Today’s Women

Supporting Girls and Their Future Starts with Today’s Women

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