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As part of our 'Meet our Team' series, this week we spoke to Aganze Eliud Murhabazi, the IT Officer at Women for Women International - DRC who also supports our global Communications team.

Cindy, Julie and Jen are fans of our Ambassador Gillian Anderson and supporters of our work with women survivors of war.

For World Entrepreneurs’ Day, we’re celebrating some recent success stories from businesswomen in Rwanda, DRC and Nigeria.

In 2016, the upsurge in conflict that swept through the area in which we were working forced us to halt our programmes in South Sudan. Earlier this year we returned to Yei and reopened our office to support women affected by the conflict.

On World Humanitarian Day, we spoke to Moses Abure, our Economic Empowerment Officer, based in Yei, South Sudan about what inspires his powerful work.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, graduates of our programme are organising 'Community Forums' to educate and engage local leaders on women's rights issues, and find solutions to the major barriers women face.

Amina’s is just one of many stories of strength and resilience we heard in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria.

'It’s not only the money but the way we gather together that has changed my life.’ On International Friendship Day, women survivors of war share what friendship means to them.

On July 18, the World Health Organisation declared that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Learn more about how we are protecting and preparing our programme participants.

A marriage certificate might sound like just a piece of paper, but for marginalised women in eastern DRC, it’s an important step towards greater security, self-reliance and securing rights.

Our Global Advocacy Manager, Stephanie Siddall, discusses global progress towards gender equality and what more we must do to ensure that the most marginalised women and girls aren't left behind.

Child marriage rates are estimated to be four times higher among Syrian refugees today than among Syrians before the crisis, while Iraq’s has jumped from 15% to 24% in the past two decades of instability.