Women's Economic Empowerment Crucial to Rebuilding Lives Skills ...

VOLUME THIRTEEN
NUMBER TWO
SPRING 2006
Women’s Economic
Empowerment Crucial
to Rebuilding Lives
Women for Women International provides micro-loans
and skills training to help women earn an income.
The economic impact of war has devastating
consequences, particularly on women because they
traditionally are the caregivers for their families. Women
provide 70 percent of the unpaid time spent in caring for
family members. This unpaid work is estimated to be worth
$11 trillion per year, the equivalent of one-third of the
aggregate global gross domestic product.
Yet women’s needs are the last to be supported. In postconflict
societies, farms, roads, stores and basic infrastructure
are often decimated. Food is in short supply. The prices
spike for basic goods like water, soap and clothes. The least
able to pay become most vulnerable to malnutrition and famine.
Maternal and child mortality rates rise dramatically after
war; the rates in Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of
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Inside...
“Peace Baskets”
Filled with Hope .................... 3
Creating Peace
Through Economic
Opportunity in Kosovo .......... 4
Pashtoon’s Story:
Bringing Beauty Back
to Afghanistan....................... 5
One Sponsor’s Story ............ 6
Women Who Make
a Difference: Volunteer
Regina Hablutzel .................. 7
Mother’s Day Giving ............ 8
Letter from Zainab Salbi
Skills, not charity, rebuilds lives
Zeynapa caught my attention
the minute I entered the packed
room in one of Women for Women
International’s women’s centers in
Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was
polite, wore a white shirt, buttoned
up all the way until the very last
button, her hair was pulled in a
pony tail and her face tried to hide a
story, a secret, a pain she did not
care to reveal. As she raised her
hand, her face expressed much
more than the curiosity of a simple
question. Zeynapa was eager to
join our program and was trying to
get all the details to understand how
the program worked and how she
could participate.
It was 1998 when I first met
Zeynapa and I have never forgotten
her. Something about her—her
demeanor, her anguish and her
eagerness to join the program with a
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Letter from Zainab Salbi
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sense of urgency—left me curious
about her. It wasn’t until years later
when I visited Zeynapa at her home
that I heard her story.
Zeynapa is a survivor of the
Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Her
husband was in a concentration camp
for two years. By the time he was
released, he was severely handicapped
from the beating and torture
he endured. The war left Zeynapa
vulnerable. She lost her home, her
stability and the health of her husband.
Zeynapa told me about her
teenage son and young daughter. She
told me that she was an internally
displaced person when we first met
years earlier at the women’s center. “I
was so eager to join Women for
Women International when I first
learned about the organization. I had
nothing at the time. My family was
sleeping on cardboard. But what
worried me the most was my son. I
did not want to fail him as a mother. I
wanted to make sure that I provided
him with a decent life. I was so afraid
that he would be tempted to steal if I
couldn’t give him the very basics.
That was my nightmare. I didn’t want
my son to be a thief. I wanted to be a
good mother and to provide for my
children a decent life.” With tears in
her eyes, Zeynapa looked at me and
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said, “Everything is okay now. Everything
is okay.”
After graduating from Women for
Women International’s sponsorship
program, she secured a loan through
our microcredit program. Zeynapa
bought a cow with the first loan, then
a second and a third, and when she
had seven cows, she was able to sell
them and buy a small home. She now
runs a family business with her
husband, who has
since recovered
from his injuries.
She has been
working with
cows, sheep and
chickens.
Zeynapa
taught me that we
can talk about aid,
charity and
assistance as
much as we want, but at the end of
the day, women want the dignity to
provide for themselves, to stand on
their feet and to be good mothers that
can provide a decent living for their
children. I learned that our work is
never complete if it does not include
tangible opportunities to provide jobs
for the women we work with. This is
why business training and vocational
skills training is seen as a crucial part
of our work for the women we serve.
The training is a major part of the oneyear
program provided to each
For someone who
had lost loved ones, a
home and a support
network during war, a
drop of hope of a
better future means the
whole world to them.
OFFICERS
Chair • Mary Menell Zients
Treasurer • Emma Rahman
President and CEO • Zainab Salbi
DIRECTORS
Amjad Atallah
Jan Brandt
Sharon Cohen
Eva Haller
Lekha Singh
Susan E. Vitka
Anne B. Zill
Chief Operating Officer
Karen Sherman
Director of Institutional
Advancement
Rebecca Milner
Deputy Director
of Communications
Sumana Chatterjee
sponsored woman. We are also
constantly exploring opportunities
that can create more jobs and more
income for the women we serve. For
some, that means access to a
microcredit loan to start a small
business, for others it means being
able to sell their products in a
cooperative organized by the organization.
Some women are saving their
sponsorship funds and starting small
businesses with
other women in
the program, be it
farming on leased
land in Rwanda,
making aprons in
Nigeria and
selling them
through our
Virtual Bazaar or
starting a flowerplanting
business
in Kosovo.
For someone who has lost loved
ones, a home and a support network
during war, a drop of hope for a better
future means the whole world to
them. This is why Women for
Women International believes that we
must deliver on every word we
promise to help move women from
victims, to survivors, to active citizens.
Anything less is cruel and
unfair. It is necessary to address
women’s economic needs in order for
women to make this transition. This
transition is not only for
the welfare of the woman
and her family, but for
the ability to stabilize
communities and
countries, economically
politically and socially.
This is why we integrate
rights awareness
trainings with the vocational
and business
trainings. When women
gain economic independence
and access to
resources, it is also
crucially important to
increase their negotiating
power within the household
and let them know
that they have the right
to make decisions that

impact their families.
I am often asked why Afghan
women still wear their burqas. So,
every time I am in Afghanistan, I
ask women that question. And
each time I get the same
answer: “We need jobs first. We
need jobs to be able to change our
social reality. We need jobs to feed
our kids, to send them to school
and maybe to buy a decent dress
so we don’t have to wear our
burqas.” I find it a humbling reminder
that while the focus is so
often on the exterior of what people
wear, the reality is that their focus
is on the interior of what they need
to eat and where they can sleep so
they may one day think about
clothing and how they dress. The
ability to buy a new dress, lipstick,
a nice meal or a movie is a privilege
that many of us often take for
granted. It is a privilege that many
of the women we serve don’t have.
We can’t talk about women’s
liberation without talking about their
economic realities. We can’t talk
about women leading nationbuilding
if we give women only
charity and don’t include them in
microeconomic policies, as well as
the macro discussion of women in
the economy. The nation needs to
see the importance of women in the
economy and women need to see
the importance of the economy in
their lives.
We have seen time and again
that once women believe in their
own agency, they see the value of
their roles in the household and in
the community. We have found in
our work that women’s realization
and appreciation of their social and
political roles is a critical step in
their economic empowerment. As
their awareness crystallizes, they
become the active agents in leading
changes, confronting barriers and
negotiating their rights in their
communities. At Women for
Women International, we must
ensure that we create tangible
economic opportunities for women
so that they become the driving
forces to break down social and
economic barriers. •
R
To build
peace and
earn money,
Hutu and
Tusti women
weave
traditional
baskets at
Women for
Women
International’s
Rwanda
Chapter
office.
“Peace Baskets” Filled with Hope
wandan women are returning to a traditional handicraft dating back
a thousand years as they reclaim and rebuild their lives 12 years after
the Rwandan genocide. Side by side, these women are making traditional
vessels known as “peace baskets” that are woven from sisal fibers using
age-old techniques and designs. Customarily, women design the baskets to
celebrate communal harmony or tell stories of celebration, such as weddings
or births. The baskets serve many functions in Rwandese culture, including
being presented as wedding gifts to a bride and groom.
Today, these peace baskets provide a source of income for hundreds of
women across Rwanda and have become symbols of reconciliation.The
baskets are Rwandan women’s way of recovering from the three-month
genocide that devastated the country in
1994 and left 800,000 people dead and
about 2 million or more displaced from
The peace basket
their homes. Estimates indicate that cooperative has fostered
reconciliation—
between 250,000 and 500,000 rapes
were committed during that time. By something unheard of
the end of the war, women made up a dozen years ago.
nearly 70 percent of the population.
Many of them were alone for the first
time and faced the daunting task of rebuilding their country.
The peace baskets project started when a group of women, reportedly
composed of formerly warring factions of Hutus and Tutsis, formed a
cooperative to make and sell traditional Rwandan baskets. Although
originally meant to be sold locally, the baskets quickly became popular in
international markets.
Women for Women International has adopted this traditional skill into its
vocational training program to help women earn an income. Many women
use their new skills to join cooperatives. One such woman, Violette
Mutegwamaso, joined a cooperative that earns an average of 50,000
Rwandan francs each month, or about US$100, from the sale of baskets and
other artisan crafts.
Violette is thrilled with having money in her pocket. More importantly
though, she is moved that the cooperative brings together all members of the
village, including those victimized by the genocide and others who have
confessed to genocide crimes or have family members in prison. The peace
basket cooperative has fostered reconciliation—something unheard of a
dozen years ago.
Working together to make the peace baskets, Violette said, has made
her and her fellow cooperative members think about Rwandan unity. “This
would never have been considered before,” she said. •
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Creating Peace
Through Economic
Opportunity in Kosovo
BY HAMIDE LATIFI, DIRECTOR OR OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
TIONAL - KOSOVO
Even before the world became
aware of the ethnic cleansing taking
place in Kosovo in the 1990s, I
witnessed a nation vanishing before
my very eyes.
I was a journalist back then, and
I saw things that still haunt me. I
investigated forced hysterectomies, a
policy used to stop women from
having children, and I talked to the
women who survived it. I saw lives
shattered and bodies misshapen by
torture. I saw village after village
burned to the ground, homes in
flames, animals burning alive. I met
women raped and abused by soldiers.
I saw children learning in fields
because schools were closed to
Albanians. I saw women giving birth
in open fields because hospitals
were closed.
Being a woman is hard, especially
in war, when women are still
expected to carry on their duties as if
nothing has changed. A woman still
must feed her
children
breakfast,
lunch and
dinner. But
how She is
expected to
wash the
clothes. But
how A woman
is expected to
keep the
sanctity of her
body and
protect the
Kosovo Country
honor of her
Director Hamide Latifi
family and
reviews letters and
community. forms with Nazmije.
But how can
she when drunk and crazy soldiers
attack whichever woman is in front of
them
I was forced to flee Kosovo with
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my family, but I promised myself that
I would return. It is my home. I
survived the war to tell how the lives
of Kosovar women, and my life, have
profoundly changed.
I am lucky that I discovered an
organization, Women for Women
International, that would allow me to
work with and help my fellow
Kosovars rebuild from the chaos of
war. Since our chapter office opened,
I am proud to report that we have
helped approximately 10,000 survivors
of war.
Although suffering from deep
poverty and social exclusion,
Kosovar women, especially those
from rural areas, have taken the
unique opportunity we offer to
improve their lives. We work together
to create income-generating
opportunities and become active
citizens in our communities. Our
experience shows that, with small
investments, every women can take
control of her economic life.
For example, we started
women’s cooperative stores in
2000. The stores have become a
gateway for rural women to access
economic opportunities they would
not otherwise have. Sometimes,
participating in the stores is a rural
woman’s first taste of city life. Many
women see this as their only way to
earn income in an economy where
jobs are limited.
I am very proud of our handicrafts,
looms, greenhouses and
beekeeping projects. Our flower
cultivation project has blossomed
for two years in Drenica, a region
devastated by war. We now even
export flowers from Kosovo to
Albania, something that was
unthinkable only five years ago. Our
honey production is booming as we
recently won a “Golden Bee”
certificate, issued after the National
Speaking Woman to Woman: Nazmije’s Story
Recently, I met Nazmije from the village of Cikatove. In a room lit by a single
candle. I saw her eyes, so shiny and full of life. I heard a voice that was proud
and a story that was sad. As we spoke into the cold night, I could feel in my
heart that, yes, she is like me and I am like her. We
spoke woman to woman. She told me her story:
When I started the program, I was 41 years old
and I thought to myself that I am out of life. War has left
alot of pain in me. Running and hiding from place to
place inside my own country was such horror. When I
returned with my five children to my village after the war
ended, I came back to nothing. I was heartbroken.
Homeless, jobless and sick, we still had to start a life.
I took so many medicines to recover but found no relief
from my pains. The best medicine for me was Women for
Women International’s program. The classes woke me
up. I could not believe that one day I will be able to earn
money myself and I will be able to support my family.
The letters I received from my sponsor Shani,
warmed my heart. I thought how a woman from far way
who has never seen or met me has put her faith in me
and made a commitment to change my life. If she was so
committed to help me improve my life, why should I not do it for myself
Each time I received a letter I read it many times, over and over again,
especially when I felt low or had doubts about my future. I promised myself that I
will not betray my sponsor but I will do everything I could so her investment in me
is worthy and not lost. Now I see there is no way back to a life half asleep.
Now I have joined a group of women in my village to work on looms. The loom
work has become part of my life. Because we don’t have another space, I put the
loom in the same room where my husband, five children and I sleep. I work there
when I finish cleaning and cooking. The loom sounds to me like music, and it
makes me feel good and calm. •

Pashtoon’s Story: Bringing
Beauty Back to Afghanistan
Pashtoon grew
up dreaming of one
day owning her own
beauty parlor business.
The Kla Klan
resident understood
that running her own
business could
provide a steady
income that would
protect her and her
family from the
devastation of poverty
and unemployment.
She dreamed of
achieving self-reliance and devoting
herself to work she enjoyed and was
good at.
War shattered Pashtoon’s
dreams. When the Russians invaded
Afghanistan in 1978, Pashtoon
realized the fight for survival for
herself and her family would replace
her dreams of independence and
Economic Opportunity
in Kosovo
Public Health Institute certified our
honey to be of the highest quality.
Kosovar women are also
pushing for non-traditional jobs. We
train women to become electricians
to repair home equipment and
technicians to repair sewing machines.
Some of our women train as
carpenters. It is still a challenge to
find employment for these women,
but as long as there is a need for
the skills, we see no need to stop
our training.
We are committed to investing
in women because we believe this
will lead to a better and fairer world.
Step by step, war survivors are
reshaping their lives. They are
gaining confidence. They are
improving their skills. They are
earning a living. As the women
realize their potential, their voices
will be heard and respected. •
Pashtoon’s dream is to have her own
beauty parlor business.
economic stability.
Soldiers occupied
her village and
forced Pashtoon and
her family out of
their home. They
sought refuge in
Afsar where life
became increasingly
painful. Her husband
was killed in a rocket
attack in 1992,
leaving her the sole
breadwinner for her
two sons and two
daughters. Pashtoon also mourned the
loss of three close relatives. She
became the only woman left in her
family to raise her motherless grandson,
whose parents had died during
fighting in the
area. Her world
was slowly
unraveling.
Pashtoon had
little time to grieve
the tragedy of her
life. She knew she
could not stop
fighting for her
family. Her two
sons had fortunately
survived
and found work.
But the money
they made was
not enough to
support the entire
family. Every day,
Pashtoon and her
children struggled
simply to feed
themselves.
In December
2004, Pashtoon
learned that Women for Women
International was giving aid and
support to socially excluded women
living in and around Kabul. Pashtoon
soon discovered that the Afghanistan
Chapter offered beauty parlor training.
She was elated. She hoped that
learning these skills would bring
Beauty Parlor
Training: More Than
Just a Makeover
Beauty Parlor Training is a favorite
among participants at Women for
Women International’s
Afghanistan Chapter. In the past,
working in a beauty parlor was
considered socially unacceptable.
But 180 women have broken
cultural barriers to participate in
this program in Kabul, Parwan
and Kapisa provinces. With these
new vocational skills, the
participants will be able to work
interesting and steady jobs while
generating income to improve the
lives of their families and the
stability of their communities.
employment and end all the years of
impossible struggle. Her family
would have food; her grandson, a
child born during horrifying destruction,
would have a future.
Pashtoon’s new-found joy and
enthusiasm is apparent to anyone
who sees her working with other
women in the program. In joking
with her friends, she laughs and
says, “You are so young. Oh don’t
think that I seem old and have no
interest in beauty parlor! See I do!
And you will soon see me with my
own shop. This is my hope and
pride.”
Having survived the war,
Pashtoon’s dream meant more to
her than before. Now, after years of
carrying the weight of war and the
exhaustion of being the sole
provider for those she loved, she
could dream of moving beyond
survival to self-sufficiency. Hope for
survival had kept her going, but
hope for a
vibrant future
was something
she had nearly
forgotten. For
the first time in
a long time, she
renewed her
ambition and
the passion of
her past. Her
dream was alive
again.
Pashtoon
has changed
dramatically
since joining
Women for
Women
International
and participating
in rights
awareness and
job skills
training. She is
now aware of the strength and power
behind her own choices.
“Now, I know that women can
learn about their rights which have
been ignored by society. These
rights can get women out of calamity.
This makes me so hopeful for
my future.” •
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One Sponsor’s Story
Daughter Celebrates
Mother’s Love, Gains Sister
Just as we ask the women in our
program to tell us how Women
for Women International has
affected their lives, we ask our
sponsors to share their stories,
as well. Here is a letter from one
our sponsors, Tracey Manne:
I lost my mom in 2004. She was
my best friend and her death
devastated me more that I could
ever put into words. My mother
believed in the power of women and
always felt that if the treatment of
women around the world was ever
going to change, that change would
have to be made by women. Her
life’s message to me was that I was
a beautiful, strong woman, that I
could achieve my dreams and, most
importantly, that I was loved.
When I heard about the women
in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and other
countries on The
Oprah Winfrey
Show, I knew that I
had to share my
mother’s message
with other women.
I became a
sponsor through
Women for
Women
International and
the journey
began. I was
introduced to my
new sister
through a letter
and photo. Her
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I will start a new
journey with a new
sister and I can only
hope that I can give her
a fraction of what
Anvarite has given me.
name, Anvarite Shabuli, is
forever etched in my
memory. I sat down to write
Anvarite a letter and my life
changed.
I thought it was going to
be me who did the giving,
but I was the one who truly
received the gift. I told
Anvarite how beautiful she
is and what a strong woman
she must be to be raising so
many children. I told her that
she is my sister and that
there is a woman on the
other side of the world who
loves and believes in her. As
I shared these words with
Anvarite, I realized for the
first time that my mom was still with
me. It was the beginning of healing.
Then, in my mail a few months
My mother, Juanita Babineau, holds Benjamin, my youngest child, while my
husband Neil, our daughter Talia and I smile for the camera.
later, there was a package from
Women for Women International. In
it was a letter from my sister,
Anvarite, her words, written in her
own handwriting. I read it and
began to cry. There was hope, love
and strength in her words. I was
touching the paper that she
touched. Geography seemed
nonexistent. A
There was connection
hope, love and was made to
her in that
strength in her
moment that
words. I was will remain with
touching the me always.
paper that she
Now, when
life presents a
touched.
challenge or
Geography obstacle that
seemed
seems
nonexistent. A insurmountable,
or when
connection
sadness
was made to
begins to fill
her in that my heart, I
moment that close my eyes
will remain and say her
name over and
with me
over. Anvarite
always.
Shabuli,
Anvarite
Shabuli,
Anvarite Shabuli. She gives me
strength. Her love is power. She is
my sister.
I will miss her letters
when our year together has
been completed, but I
know that she is beginning
a new journey full of hope
and promise thanks to
Women for Women
International. With or
without letters, she will be
with me forever. I will start
a new journey with a new
sister and I can only hope
that I can give her a
fraction of what Anvarite
has given me.
Today is my mom’s
birthday. I began the day
expecting to be filled with
sadness at the thought of
not being able to celebrate with
her. In sharing my story, I now feel
that I have celebrated with her. I
am filled with joy knowing that
others now know about her dream
of a world of women united and
what a beautiful, strong and loved
women she was. The gift
continues.•

Economic Empowerment
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the Congo currently are among the highest
in the world.
Women’s needs are often met last
during war and conflict. Women and girls
face serious health consequences, such as
vitamin and iron deficiencies. Women of
child-bearing age face reproductive health
complications when there are not enough
doctors or hospitals available.
Many women, especially at the
grassroots level, rely on the informal
economy to sell their goods or services.
According to the 2005 Millennium Development
Goals Report released by the United
Nations, women are 22 percent less likely
than men to hold paid and regular jobs and
more often work in the informal economy,
which provides little financial security and
no social benefits. Worldwide, 62 percent of
people working in family enterprises are
women. “This work is also unpaid, often
little valued and not reflected in national
production statistics,” the report states.
More than 50 percent of the participants
in the Women for Women International
programs report they have no source
of income. A lucky few report they are
marginally involved in small trading activities
but they do not provide enough money
to meet their daily needs.
Once war breaks out, manning a cart in
the open-air market becomes too dangerous.
The increased military activity wipes
out the marketplace. While some women
may have had marketable skills in a prewar
economy, post-conflict societies may
not have viable economic options for
women. If a woman was a baker before the
war, but now her home and village have
been razed, how does she earn a living to
support her family
Training women is integral to post-war
reconstruction. Yet, when women enter the
Women for Women International program,
88 percent of them say that they have not
had prior access to any type of job skills
training.
To help women gain skills and work
toward financial independence, Women for
Women International offers training to
strengthen women’s existing skills and to
introduce new skills. We want women to be
able to get jobs, earn a living and support
their families in the traumatic aftermath and
economic devastation of war. •
Women Who Make a
Difference: Volunteer
Regina Hablutzel
Outreach interviewed long-time supporter and volunteer
with Women for Women International, Regina Hablutzel:
Q How and when did you start volunteering with Women for
Women International
A I have been involved with Women for Women International since
its first year, 1993, when Zainab Salbi founded the organization
after learning about the rape camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina
during the war. I was outraged by the suffering and crimes
committed against the women. They were losing their lives
along with their husbands, brothers, daughters and sons but
also suffering in rape camps! I especially wanted to do
something about this because crimes against women in general
and during war in particular are often ignored and swept under
the rug by the international community.
Q How was your experience in the first years of Women for
Women International as a volunteer
A In the first years, we used to do the mailings during the
weekends in one of the volunteer’s houses on Saturday
afternoons and some Sunday mornings. We would order pizza
or someone would cook, and we would sit on the floor
addressing letters and preparing packages to be sent to Croatia
and Bosnia. We worked side by side like a family with a unified
vision and mission.
Q How has Women for Women International
changed over the years
A It has grown tremendously! At the beginning, it was simply a
sponsorship program as we did not have the funds to provide
other services to the women. Now, with the human rights
education component as well as the vocational skills training
program, this program has grown and now enables women to be
self-sufficient and to stand on their own two feet.
Q What has made the most impact on your life as a
volunteer with Women for Women International
A Personally, it has been a very enriching experience knowing
Zainab, who is like a daughter to me. I have developed
wonderful friendships with very good people through this
organization. I have also learned incredible things about our
sponsors and our participants.
The generosity, spirituality and
gratefulness that our sponsors
show through their letters are
immense. It is amazing to see the
ways that the participants cope
with tremendous suffering and the
strength and faith they have.
I have noticed how all of us
women throughout the world have
the same concerns—our families
and our children! We are really all
the same, all human. •
Women for Women
International appreciates
the generosity of our
volunteers. If you would
like to volunteer in the
Washington, D.C.,
headquarters office,
please go to http://
www.womenforwomen.org/
voluntr.htm for more
information.
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For Mother’s Day
this year, help a mother
rebuild her life after war.
Claudine, a participant in the Women for Women
International program in Rwanda, proudly shows off her
newborn child.
In Rwanda, untold numbers of women adopted children orphaned
by the genocide and became mothers to build peace and
reconciliation. In Afghanistan, where the infant mortality rate is one of
the highest in the world, women face the threat of losing a child before
they even have a glimpse at motherhood. Women in southern Sudan
are more likely to die during childbirth than they are to complete
primary school. In Kosovo, 94 percent of the women in our program
are unemployed and support an average of eight family members –
making it extremely difficult for them to provide for their families.
Everyday, mothers in these and other post-conflict countries like
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Iraq and Nigeria encounter staggering obstacles.
Women for Women International is providing these mothers,
and other women who are struggling to rebuild their lives after war
and conflict, with the tools and resources they need to provide a
better life for their children, families and themselves.
Today, you can help a mother while honoring a special woman
in your life. Visit our website at www.womenforwomen.org to find out
how you can honor a special woman in your life and change a
mother’s life today.