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Women for Women International

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About Me

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. Across the globe, armed conflicts have reached an unprecedented number. Ninety percent of those injured or killed in today’s conflicts are civilians, 75 percent of whom are women and children. As never before, women are forced to bear the burdens of war.

Thank you to all that attended and made the Women for Women International 2007 Gala incredible. Zainab Salbi visits Women for Women International's program in Southern Sudan Gunfire erupts as Zainab Salbi talks to Honorata in the Congo (DRC) Introduction to Women for Women International:

My Interests



I'd like to meet:


People who want to personally impact the lives of women survivors of war in Afghanistan , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Colombia , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kosovo , Iraq , Nigeria , Rwanda and Sudan .

Books:

The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival and Hope by Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International. Preface by Alice Walker who narrates a slideshow of the book's images at right. Published by National Geographic.

Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam by Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International. Salbi's memoir about growing up as the daughter of Sadaam Hussein's pilot and moving from one kind of tyranny to another before finding her own identity.

My Blog

Washington Post article on recent visit to DR Congo offices of Women for Women International

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12 /05/AR2007120502233.html   'A Different Kind of Genocide' By Michael GersonThursday, December 6, 2007; A29 WALUNGU, Congo -- This vil...
Posted by Women for Women International on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:55:00 PST

Portland Oregon Event

Women for Women International supporter Alyson Dykes is hosting an event to raise funds and awareness for women survivors of war. We hope you can join her! December 9th, 2007 7:30pm The Goodfoot Loun...
Posted by Women for Women International on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:27:00 PST

Field Update from Sudan Video Featured by YouTube today

YouTube News & Politics Video Category Check out the news and politics category on YouTube today and see the Editor's Pick - our Field Update from Sudan. Women in Sudan: Field Report from Women fo...
Posted by Women for Women International on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:37:00 PST

Zainab Salbi honored with the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award

November 7 , 2007 Calling her "a remarkable young leader who shares my father's belief that one person can make a difference", Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy Presidential Library honored, Women fo...
Posted by Women for Women International on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:29:00 PST

Women for Womens DR Congo Country Director talks with US Holocaust Museum about Genocide

http://www.womenforwomen.org/watch.htm..> ..> Our Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Country Director, Christine Karumba, recently participated in a podcast for the "Voices on Genocide Preventi...
Posted by Women for Women International on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:21:00 PST

Epidemic of Rape in the Congo front page NYT today: How you can help

"The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world," said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. "The sheer numbers, the wholesale brutality, the cultur...
Posted by Women for Women International on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:29:00 PST

Meet our Country Directors at our DC Open House!

Open HouseWednesday, October 10, 6:00-8:00 pm Women for Women International cordially invites you to meet our Country Directors Sweeta Noori - AfghanistanSeida Saric - Bosnia and HerzegovinaChristi...
Posted by Women for Women International on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:45:00 PST

Run for Congo Women featured on Chicago Public Radio Today

Today, Chicago Public Radio's Worldview featured the organizers of the Oct 6 Lincoln Park Run for Congo Women and Christine Karumba, Women for Women International's Country Director from the Demo...
Posted by Women for Women International on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:53:00 PST

Women for Women International featured in President Clintons new book Giving

September 2007Women for Women International is featured in President Clinton's new book Giving. In the book, President Clinton tells the story of Women for Women International (www.womenforwomen.or...
Posted by Women for Women International on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:35:00 PST

Sept 11: Zainab Salbi on PBS Wide Angle

Watch Zainab Salbi on PBS's Wide Angle on September 11 at 9pm Check your local listings.   In an Afghanistan Emerging from Decades of Darkness WIDE ANGLE Follows a Courageous Woman Who Risked He...
Posted by Women for Women International on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:51:00 PST