Political revolutions and instability in the Middle East have mobilized women in new ways. In the face of political unrest and explicit threats to ...
Over the past 20 years, the Center of Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (CEWLA) has worked with thousands of grassroots women in Egypt and throughout ...
Laila* has not had an easy life. Her mother died when she was eight years old. Soon afterward her father sent her to work in the home of a village ...
Despite turmoil, danger, and oppression, women in the Middle East and North Africa are not succumbing—instead they are resisting. Women are ...
Messages of support for brave women survivors of the earthquake in Nepal have been pouring in from people around the world. We’ve received nearly ...
June 29 Update: The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of a deadly suicide attack Tuesday night at Turkey's Istanbul Ataturk Airport, with ...
On April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, leveling entire villages and bringing destruction and devastation. Less than three weeks ...
“At the end of the day, women will do what they have to do to survive.” – Lily Thapa, founder and director of Global Fund for Women grantee ...
SUN LAXMI SHRESTHA 34 years old, Thimi, Bhaktapur Sun Laxmi lost her home in the earthquake and now meets with other women to help with trauma in ...
In Istanbul recently, we joined a convening of Syrian and Iraqi women activists that Global Fund for Women co-funded with the Women’s International ...
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