18th November 2011 - London
Women’s rights should not be sacrificed in efforts to secure peace in Afghanistan say the British public. 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.

11th November 2011 - London
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 in the Greater London Region.

7th October 2011 - London
Ten years on from the start of military intervention in Afghanistan Women for Women International UK is teaming up with organisations such as Amnesty International UK, CARE International UK and Oxfam GB to urge the Foreign Secretary to ensure that Afghan women’s hard won but fragile rights do not become a bargaining chip to be traded away in the name of peace.

12 September 2011 - London
Founder of Run for Congo Women, Lisa Shannon joined the UK supporters and runners for Run for Congo Women - Adidas Women's 5k Challenge 2011. Women for Women International UK’s first ever 5k event in Hyde Park was the first anniversary of Run for Congo Women in the UK, with our special guest Lisa Shannon who took part in the run.

26 August 2011 - London
Ten women are climbing to Everest Base Camp to support Women for Women International From 5th – 20th October ten supporters of Women for Women will join Everest summiteer Susan Harper Todd in an all-women trek to Everest Base Camp, with the aim of raising £100,000 to help women in war-torn areas to rebuild their lives and to raise awareness of the importance of women for development and ending poverty.

23 August 2011 - London
Acclaimed contemporary artists from around the world have been invited by producer Nadja Romain and artist Jenny Saville to support the vision behind Women for Women International. On 15th October, Christie’s will auction each artist’s exclusively commissioned artwork for the launch of Artists for Women for Women International, in their Post War and Contemporary Day Sale during Frieze Art Fair.

16th August 2011 - London
Ten ordinary women are joining Everest Summiteer Sue Harper Todd in an all women group climbing to Everest Base Camp raising £100,000 to help women in war-torn areas to rebuild their lives in celebration of 100th year anniversary of Women’s International Day.

27th June 2011 - London
Landmark Women’s Opportunity Centre opens for women rebuilding their lives after the trauma of the Kosovan War. The Centre will be a safe, friendly haven for 1500 women a year, at the heart of their community. It will be filled with women learning new vocational and business skills and meeting to share experiences and develop friendships.

5th May 2011 - London
With Annie Lennox being given a Making a Difference Award , Sophie Ellis-Bextor performing and Pamela Stephenson as a MC, Women for Women International UK’s Gala was bound to be a success. £828,870 was raised which will help traumatised women in war-torn areas.

28th Februay 2011 - London
Women are set to make history on the 100 anniversary of International Women's Day by joining together on bridges across the world and calling for urgent action in Afghanistan; described as 'one of the worst countries in the world to be a woman.' This follows the success of the first Join Me on the Bridge campaign, launched be Women for Women International on March 8, 2010.

25th November 2010 - London
A new research report by Women for Women International UK "Gender, Conflict and the Development Goals" finds that 'violence against women is the biggest threat to peace' and that countries in conflict are falling strikingly short on meeting UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and UN (SCR) 1325 development and security goals. The report is being launched on the UN International Stop Violence Against Women Day on 25 November by our Programme Director for Nigeria, Ngozi Eze, at our Nigeria: Stronger Women, Stronger Nations event being held at Amnesty International in London.

30th June 2010 - London
As the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates 50 years of independence, a report finds Congolese women living in fear of growing violence from the militia and their own communities as rape is used as a weapon of war.