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My name is Lilian Kiden. I am 48 years old, a mother of eight, and a farmer. Although I never had the chance to go to school, WfWI gave me the opportunity to join a leadership and advocacy training program that changed my life.

I was born in Baghdad on March 25, 1977. I’m a mother of seven, five daughters and two sons. I married young and didn’t finish school, but I kept learning in other ways.

My name is Linda, and I am a Program Manager for Women for Women International in Iraq. I am currently in my eighth month of pregnancy, and I am extremely afraid. I cannot sleep at night.

When conflict started in Mukaya, Lainya County, everything in my community was different. Public services stopped working. Hospitals shut down, and giving birth became life-threatening. People died easily, and our animals were stolen. We were forced to leave. A soldier told me to go home, collect my...

When I think about my home, I remember the way I left it. The beautiful furniture, our bedroom, my children's toys, our lovely kitchen, do you know what my home looked like? It looked like a newly prepared home waiting for Eid. It was beautiful and decorated. It always felt as if there was a...

My name is Dilberin Suleiman. I am 30 years old and originally from the city of Qamishli in Syria. I have been displaced twice in my life. The first time was 13 years ago, when I was forced to flee Syria because of the shelling, violence, kidnappings, and the devastating war that surrounded us. From...

My name is Faida Bahati. I am 30 years old and the mother of three children: a boy and two girls. I live in Panzi, in Bukavu City, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. When I was eight years old, my life changed completely. My parents separated, and my father remarried in Uvira. One day, he...

My name is Rania Qishta. I am 21 years old, a mother to a two and a half year old boy, and six months pregnant with my second child.

My name is Jennifer Kemisha. I am 17 years old and live in Luparate village, Yei River County, South Sudan. Before I was forced into marriage, I believed education could change my life. I worked hard in school and dreamed of becoming a doctor so I could treat people in my community. I looked forward...

My name is Najah Adel Tuba. I am 17 years old, and I am originally from Aleppo, Syria. Najah in Arabic means Success. I hope this will be a big part of my journey. In 2014, the war forced me, my 6 siblings, and my parents to leave our home and move to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Since then, we...