Sector Directory

Organization

Women for Women International

Mission

Women for Women International supports women in war-torn regions with financial and emotional aid, job-skills training, rights education and small business assistance so they can rebuild their lives.

Organizational Expertise

Capacity Building, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Livelihoods

Other Organizational Expertise

Women for Women International® works with socially excluded women in eight countries where war and conflict have devastated lives and communities. Each woman we serve has her own story–some of loved ones murdered, and others of physical and emotional trauma. Most have endured a struggle for survival. Women who enroll in our one-year program learn job skills and receive business training so they can earn a living. They come to understand their rights and how to fight for those rights in their homes, their communities and their nations. They learn how to become leaders. Women for Women International (WfWI) believes that lasting change can only be achieved when women have access to both knowledge and resources.

Technologies & Fuels

Not Applicable

Clean Cooking Activities

WfWI is partnering with Solar Sister to support women entrepreneurs in Nigeria.®  Clean cookstoves will be among the products they will sell.

Partnership

We are committed to empowering women survivors of conflict. Becoming a partner with The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is one way in which we can strengthen this commitment. Teaching women to use clean cookstoves will® reduce the time she spends looking for fuel such as firewood; improve the quality of air she and her family breathe; and reduce fires due to kerosene stoves (a major killer of children). Additionally, we are considering training the women in our program how to sell cookstoves in their communities, thereby providing them with an income source, while also pushing their® communities towards cleaner and more efficient cooking solutions.® 

Regions Operating In

Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

United States

Address

2000 M St NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036

Website

https://https://www.womenforwomen.org/

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mrs. Meg Galloway Goldthwaite

Title: Senior Director, Innovation and Strategic Initiatives

Email: mgoldthwaite@womenforwomen.org

Phone: 202-737-7705