Amplifying Women’s Voices
When women around the world do not have access to the same rights, opportunities and resources as the rest of society, we all suffer. By empowering women to have an education, a dignified livelihood and a community that supports them, we are helping communities move forward.
Through CWS programs around the world, women are rising to meet the challenges they face. They are going to school and learning to read and write. They are building businesses and expanding enterprises. They are putting food on the table and providing for their children.
When women rise, they take their families and their communities with them. And we're here to help them as they do it.
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A Ray of Light
*Trigger Warning: the following text contains testimonies about domestic violence and abuse towards women.* The Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims, known as Memoria, is a CWS local partner in Moldova which serves Ukrainian refugees and Moldovan gender-based violence survivors to access life-saving medical and psychosocial support. The following are written by two program participants whose names and identities have remained …
Empowerment and Freedom: Claudia’s Story
Claudia Cardona, changemaker and women’s advocate, has turned her life story into a platform for the voices of many incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. Through her work and devotion, she has earned a place in national and regional debates, hearings and meetings on the subject. Behind Claudia’s work is a difficult past that has left her with many valuable lessons. …
Cultivating Hope and Equality
Encouraging and selfless are a couple of the words used to describe Matumaini Narcecine, a lead farmer at Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. Since joining the CWS-supported vegetable farming program two years ago, she has become a leader—passionate about uplifting others, especially women, in her community. As a Burundian refugee, Matumaini has experienced gender inequality. “In our traditions, women they …