Brita and Amela. Photo: Women for Women International

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Because of you, we were able to train thousands of women this year, enabling them to rebuild their lives and give their children a brighter future.

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Women for Women International - Nigeria programme participants being trained as Change Agents to work towards peacekeeping in their communities. Photo: Monilekan
Women for Women International - Nigeria programme participants being trained as Change Agents to work towards peacekeeping in their communities. Photo: Monilekan

Change Agents in Nigeria

Meeting the brave women creating change in their communities

For women whose lives have been most affected by violent conflict, peace is not just an aspirational ideal, but a series of urgent, practical goals that they are working hard to make a reality.

On my last trip to northern Nigeria, I was lucky enough to meet some of our Change Agents. They shared how women can tackle social injustice and their essential role in peacebuilding.

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The Global Goals are underpinned by a commitment to ‘Leave No One Behind’ – which means that the very success of the Goals is dependent on reaching the most marginalised. Photo: Rada Akbar

Working towards the Global Goals

Amplifying Marginalised Women’s Voices At The Global Level

Along with members of our Global Advocacy Team, I travelled to New York to represent Women for Women International at the first UN Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) since their adoption in September 2015.

Watch my IGTV below where I discuss the importance of the Global Goals and our commitment to promoting sustainable change.

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Amela taught me that you can love someone without meeting them, and that we truly have more in common than the things that divide us.
Amela taught me that you can love someone without meeting them, and that we truly have more in common than the things that divide us. Photo: Women for Women International

Meeting Amela in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Celebrating the power of shared connections

Ten years ago, I sponsored my first 'sister' through our year-long training programme. 

In 2018, I travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina where I met Amela for the first time. This year, we met again to make an incredible film that I can't wait to share with you – please watch this space! 

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Not only will your sister's life be changed forever, but her family and friends will feel the ripple effect of her training and empowerment. Photo: Monliekan

Give the gift of sponsorship

This Christmas, change the life of a woman survivor of war

For £264 you can sponsor a woman on behalf of someone special to you.

Complete your sponsorship gift by the 16th of December, and we will send your recipient a card in time for Christmas, notifying them of your gift.

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