Ask any of her staff and they will tell you that Ghida Anani is a mission-driven social entrepreneur, a strategic thinker, and a leader who knows how to encourage and challenge her team. Beyond her network of supporters, however, Anani is[...]

  In the run-up to International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on February 6th, W4 spotlights the work of our program partner in Kenya, Voices of Hope.       Voices of Hope supports young Maasai[...]

"The world’s most dangerous country for women": this is how Afghanistan is ranked in a study conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. High rates of maternal mortality, forced marriage, and female illiteracy all combine to make Afghanistan[...]

“Overcoming domestic violence is a bit like climbing a mountain,” a victim supported by the Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) in Wolverhampton, UK once told me. Every day we meet and support dozens of remarkable women who have successfully[...]

Women’s Voices Now (WVN) is a non-profit social enterprise working to empower women in Muslim-majority societies. By organizing film festivals (and, more recently, art exhibitions and forums for women’s writing), WVN serves as a way to[...]

Women’s WorldWide Web interviews Dr. Blanca Rico Galindo, former Executive Director of Mexican NGO and Women’s Fund, Semillas (Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer, A.C.)   Semillas—which is Mexico’s only women’s fund—is[...]

Two months have passed since International Women’s Day 2013, whose theme was: “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women”.  It is time for honest introspection on the part of the international community: our[...]

On World Poetry Day, W4 is proud to share poems written by three brave young women who have survived commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking in the United States and have risen from their traumatic experiences to find their voice[...]

Going against the wishes of your family can be a daunting prospect for any child. For a girl in one of the world’s most isolated communities, it can seem impossible. On International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), W4[...]

  W4 interviews Rachel Lloyd, Founder and CEO of GEMS (Girls Educational & Mentoring Services), a US-based organization aimed at empowering girls and young women, ages 12 to 24, who have been commercially sexually exploited and[...]