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By: Antoinette Uwimana

To Grow a Peaceful Future in Rwanda, Invest in Women

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Book Club Series — Know My Name

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Thinking Ahead: Women for Women International–DRC in 2021

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Book Covers: Lightning Mary, Amazing Grace, Franny's Father is a Feminist, Anne of Green Gables, Look Up!, Not All Princesses Dress in Pink, Malala's Magic Pencil, Goodnight Stories for Rebel girls

International Children's Book Day: The Power of Reading

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Book Club Series – On All Fronts

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By: Bukola Onyishi

Hope for Nigeria on World AIDS Day

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The Unbreakable Thread

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At the Women for Women International - Nigeria office, 6 people pose for the photo, including the Magama Gumau community leader and Buki Onyishi, Nigeria Country Director of our program

Men in northern Nigeria demonstrate the important role of male allies for women’s empowerment

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By: Buki Onyishi, Country Director of Women for Women International - Nigeria

It's time to break the silence and stop sexual violence in Nigeria

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"We give because we care enough": COVID-19 spreads kindness in Nigeria

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Sazgar, a participant in the Iraq program, stands in front of a wall with plants, tending to them

A Day in a Life in Shawes, Iraq

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Book Club Series - The Girl with the Louding Voice

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Good Women’s Leadership Opens Doors for More Women

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Lethal Force in Response to Peaceful Demands for Rights and Justice Deepens Women’s Inequity – Our Stand in Nigeria

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Clarissa Ward's 5 Tips for Staying Engaged and Connected

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Participants in the DRC line up to use a the blue handwashing station

Tackling an invisible killer with soap and water

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1851: Men disrupt the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention. Sojourner Truth delivers her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” addressing opposition.1878 – An amendment for women's suffrage is introduced in Congress. 1916-1917 – The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage embarks on protests and hunger strikes. 33 women are arrested, beaten, and terrorized on November 4, 1917 for picketing. On November 7, Jeanette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to Congress. 1918 – President Woodrow Wilson changes his pr

A Timeline of Women’s Voting Rights

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Aishatu sits with her daughter, Ummi, on a bench as they go through the Women for Women International handbook

For the Girls Who Follow in Our Footsteps

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Mulezi, a graduate of the DRC program, smiles at the camera in a pink and black dress

Uplifting Women’s Futures: Proven Investments in Women in the DRC

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World Teacher's Day

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October Book Club Banner - The Place Between Our Fears

Book Club Series - The Place Between Our Fears

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A little center-left, Vumilia, a Women for Women International participant, stands in a striped dress between two brick buildings

The Friendship of Women In Good Times and Bad

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Woman sitting on floor looking at her workbook for Women for Women International online trainings in Iraq

Connected Without Contact: Going Virtual in Iraq

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A South Sudanese woman at the Join Me on the Bridge event looks into the camera with a white shirt that seems to read, "Unity, Peace, Prosperity, and Development"

26 years after the passage of the Violence Against Women Act and a history of progress, stalled reauthorization raises questions about women’s futures

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Shireen, a graduate of the Women for Women International program in Iraq, smiles facing off to the lower-right hand corner

“I have learned to be stronger” - Messages of Hope from Iraq

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Graduates at the Women's Opportunity Center in Nigeria stand wearing face masks and holding masks that they have made

A Stitch in Time Saves Lives

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ICYMI: Hope Beyond the Headlines Season One

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Book Club Series – The Last Girl

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Saratu and her group practice social distancing during a COVID-19 awareness session

Beyond the 19th Amendment: 100 years later, COVID-19 reveals gender equality is even more urgent, complex, and expansive

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