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In conflict-ridden South Sudan, change begins at home.

Exploring Sudan: A Tapestry of Culture, History and Resilience

In 2016, the escalating violence of armed militia groups within South Sudan drove many of the women in our program to flee to Uganda to escape brutal gender-based violence (GBV), kidnappings, and murder. Security incidents that directly affected our training staff forced us to prioritize the safety...

Working in some of the hardest places in the world to be a woman also sometimes means working in some of the hardest places in the world to access healthcare or clean water or even cellphone reception.

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...

Since 2006, Women for Women International–South Sudan has worked with women uprooted from their homes and left behind by conflict and danger. We established our first office in Rumbek Lake and have since relocated to Yei. In 2016, we were forced to pause all programming and transition to supporting...

It has been over a year since the conflict formally ended in South Sudan, but violence against women in remains a pervasive problem. The cease-fire has brought new risks to women and girls; many men joined one of the fighting groups during the war, and now they have returned to their families - but...

I’m Hanna Nussair, a current Master of Human Rights student at the University of Minnesota concentrating in the rights of women and girls. My graduate research focuses on gender empowerment, educational equity, and eliminating violence against women. While working on my masters, I am a consultant...

South Sudan has long been a difficult and sometimes dangerous place for organizations like Women for Women International to work.

Little was moving as we made our way along the dusty stretch of dirt road connecting Juba to Yei in the scorching mid-day sun.

Flood damage, droughts and famine were on the agenda of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, for which over 100 world leaders gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss the global climate crisis. During the 27th annual conference, African leaders urged “developed nations” to...

Women for Women International is helping families transform their lives by fostering teamwork, financial independence and modern farming techniques - by piloting agricultural vocational training for couples.

Women for Women International celebrates the steps that bring us closer to a world where every woman can determine the course of her life and reach her full potential. In early 2019, we announced that Women for Women International had reached over half a million women survivors of war to help them...