Twenty-seven Women for Women International Rwanda Program graduates will be among the hospitality team to support the operations of the new Marriott Hotel in Kigali. The hotel hosted a grand opening today, Tuesday, October 4. As a concept cultivated by Bloomberg Philanthropies, a primary funder of...

A historic milestone occurred last week that many thought was impossible: the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel movement signed a peace agreement, more than five decades after the start of what became the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running conflict...

Breaking Silos: Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals A year ago September our world leaders committed us all to eradicate poverty by 2030, making a commitment in the Sustainable Development Goals to ‘leave no one behind’ and ‘reach the furthest behind first’. They explicitly recognized the...

“We have survived a war. There are still kids who don’t know if their parents are alive, don’t have anything to eat or books to go to school. So the fact of becoming [an] Olympic champion is just huge for all of us.” – Majlinda Kelmendi (judo gold medal winner, Kosovo) From Chicago to Sydney, in...

In a small, garage-like building in northern Iraq, Seve wakes up each morning not knowing how she’ll provide for her six children. Her husband is injured and unable to work. Their only income comes from the few vegetables her 12-year-old son can sell. Two years ago, they and thousands of other...

“In modern wars, it’s dangerous to be a woman. During the Rwandan genocide, up to 500,000 women were raped, sexually mutilated, or murdered. Today, across the Middle East, roughly 7,000 Yezidi women have been kidnapped and subjected to sex slavery at the hands of ISIS. Genocide, conflict, and...

Congratulations to Dr. Denis Mukwege for being named one of TIME's 100 most influential people! The 61-year-old Nobel-prize nominated Congolese gynecologist founded the Panzi Hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999 to help women and girls survivors of sexual violence and rape...

"I learned from Women for Women International training that it is good to have more than one source of income,” says Patience. Patience, who recently joined WfWI-Nigeria’s yearlong training program, has already put this lesson into action. She owns a small stall at the local market where she sews...

On November 11, 2015, Women for Women International honored Dr. Denis Mukwege at the 2015 Annual Gala in New York for his tireless work to advocate for an end to sexual violence in conflict. Below are his remarks upon accepting the Champion of Peace Award. Good evening, Thank you to Women for Women...