Last year on 8th March, 75,000 Join me on the Bridge peace builders took part in 464 events across 70 countries and 6 continents. Lets make Join me on the Bridge even bigger this year and by joining together on bridges show the world that we can build the bridges of peace for the future.
In honour of recent Nobel Peace Prize winners, Liberian Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, why not host a film screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell - an extraordinary story of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords and corrupt regime, and won long-awaited peace for their shattered country in 2003.
Help women in war torn countries overcome poverty and gain new hope. Run for Congo Women, host a film screening, start a student society - there are endless ways you can raise awareness and funds for Women for Women International, your creativity is limited only by your imagination!
From jumble sales to BBQs to triathlons – find out about events in aid of Women for Women International near your, or put on your own event raising vital funds and helping us help women in war-torn countries.
We need people like you to spread the word about our work and about the challenges women face in the countries we work in. There are many ways to raise awareness: Show our banners on your website, blog, or tweet about us.
Thank you to all our amazing supporters, who donated through the Big Give. You have collectively given £32,717 online, which was double by the Big Give to £64,634! This will enable 129 women, like Zarquona, to enrol in our programme in Afghanistan. Watch Zarquona's story. If you missed the Big Give and would like to make a normal donation, click here.
Women for Women International are calling on the international community to ensure that Afghan women participate as equals at the upcoming Bonn Conference where the future of their country will be discussed. And the British public are strongly behind our demands found a recent YouGov survey.
Sweeta Noori, Women for Women International Afghanistan Country Director will be at the Aspire Leadership for the Future Conference, 29th to 30th November. Women for Women International and The Aspire Foundation with special guest Cherie Lunghi will present over 1000 messages of support to the women of Afghanistan by handing them to Sweeta Noori, at the finale of the conference. Sweeta will be available for interviews until 5th December. Press enquiries
Women for Women International is proud to be part of the CIM Women in Marketing Awards celebrations that took place on 3rd November at The May Fair Hotel to acknowledge excellence in marketing across the industries and Women for Women International have set a challenge amongst the marketing community to sponsor 100 women from the war-torn countries that Women for Women operate in. Watch the film that was shown at the award ceremony.
Chris Jackson ran 12 marathons in 12 months and took part in the longest kayak race in the world to help women survivors of rape and war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "I’m not the one who deserves this award and won’t be keeping it. I’ll be buying some bubble wrap and sending it out to the women I met in Congo." said Chris after receiving the award.
Seida Saric: “It was the spectre of the rape camps that terrified me most”
Women for Women Country Director in Bosnia and Herzegovina talks about the arrest of General Mladic for war crimes and how the Women for Women is helping women across the religious and ethnic divide, who have been traumatised by the war to rebuild their lives.
Women for Women International supports women in war-torn regions with financial and emotional aid, job-skills training, rights education and small business assistance so they can rebuild their lives.
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