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Working at Peace

World peace. It is most often discussed as a fuzzy, imaginative, utopian concept, or a beauty pageant cliché. Ask anyone working internationally, however, and you will quickly find that the presence or absence of peace is felt in a very real way by millions of people every day.

Reaching the Furthest Behind First

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...

Discussing the Situation Yezidi Women Face in the Region

August 3rd marks the commemoration of the 2014 genocide perpetrated by ISIS against the Yezidis in Sinjar and Nineveh Plains, Iraq. It has been two years since the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” conducted a genocidal campaign against the Yezidis in their homeland of Sinjar, in northern Iraq. During...

Three Ways We Can Help Refugees Move Forward

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...

Dr. Denis Mukwege, World Renowned Gynecological Surgeon, named among TIME's 100 Most Influential People.

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...

#SheInspiresMe: Fazila Efendic from Bosnia and Herzegovina

In her small shop in the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center, 65-year-old Fazila sells flowers to mourners and visitors who come to honor and remember the 8,000 men and boys who were massacred there in July 1995. Before the genocide, Fazila lived in the town with her husband Hamed, her son Fejzo...

Read Dr. Denis Mukwege's Speech Accepting the 2015 Champion of Peace Award

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...

Global Leaders Call for More Women in Peace-building

As the 15th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 nears on October 31st, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) released a new report highlighting the progress to date using case studies and reflections from global leaders while bringing attention to...

WfWI Supporters Share Experiences from Bosnia Peace March

Longtime WfWI supporter Lauri Pastrone and her 15-year-old daughter Giovanna participated in the 3-day, 75-miles Bosnia Peace March this past July to commemorate the 20 th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Along the way, they met with inspiring women’s associations formed by graduates of WfWI...

Through Art, Kosovar Women Shatter Silence of Sexual Violence

Thousands of dresses fluttered from washing lines strung across the football pitch in Pristina, Kosovo on Friday as our staff and Kosovo Country Director Iliriana Gashi joined their country’s leaders and citizens at an art installation to raise awareness for survivors of sexual violence during the...

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