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12/19/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is International Medical Corps and their work in South Sudan. International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian alliance with the mission to save lives and relieve suffering by providing healthcare services and related training.

IMC has been working in South Sudan since the mid-1990s, nearly 20 years before a national referendum in 2011 led the southernmost states of Sudan becoming an independent country later that same year.

Tensions within the new country broke into armed conflict in December 2013, claiming tens of thousands of lives before a fragile peace agreement took hold in the summer of 2015. Hostility continues to simmer, hampering efforts to improve public health standards in a country that has one of the world’s highest infant-mortality rates. The food-security situation remains desperate and the number of people at risk of starvation has increased. Potential for disease is extremely high, with large numbers of displaced people and sharply reduced access to healthcare.

International Medical Corps currently operates in five of the country’s 10 states, providing healthcare, nutrition, mental health and protection services.

Learn more about International Medical Corps and their work in South Sudan at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7321/international-medical-corps-south-sudan and find other organizations that help those in need around the world.

Source and photo credit: International Medical Corps

12/16/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and their work in Sudan.

The conflict in Sudan is devastating for millions of children and families. Children are bearing the biggest brunt of the Sudan crisis. Millions have fled their homes and are displaced in the country and across the borders, enduring months of uncertainty, trauma, and violence. The current situation in Sudan is a deepening children’s crisis, severely putting at risk the future of the country and heavily affecting the wider region.

UNICEF and partners are on the ground delivering lifesaving services and supplies to vulnerable children and families. In 2022, UNICEF celebrated its 70th anniversary in Sudan, having started delivering programmes for children and women in 1952, with a permanent office established in the capital, Khartoum, in 1974.

Learn more about UNICEF and their work in Sudan at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7275/unicef-sudan and find other organizations that help those in need around the world.

Source and photo credit: UNICEF

12/13/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is Women's Foreign Policy Group and their support of Iranian women. The Women’s Foreign Policy Group empowers and advances women’s leadership in international affairs through cutting-edge global policy programs featuring prominent women leaders, robust mentoring programs, and premier networking with high-level foreign policy practitioners.

"The Iranian government is currently cutting off access to the internet and major social media platforms such as Instagram, which Iran has done in the past to disperse protests. It is on organizations like us to stay informed on the state of Iranian women and protestors to ensure their fight and voices are heard.

Here are some ways that you can be an advocate for the rights of Iranian women:
- Read and sign the open-support letter from Vital Voices and the artist collective For Freedoms calling for the immediate removal of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status for Women.
- Amplify the voices of Iranian women. Share, post, and engage with online content created by credible Iranian organizations and activists on the ground.
- Middle East Matters is a youth-led organization that publishes informational content about women’s rights. They are currently organizing protests around the world to call for international attention on the protests in Iran. You can participate in demonstrations and protests to demand the international community to take action against the Iranian government.
- Contact your elected representative and demand that they speak out about Iran’s human rights abuses and bring attention to the death of Mahsa Amini."

Learn more about Women's Foreign Policy Group at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7255/womens-foreign-policy-group-iran and find other organizations that help fight oppression in Iran and around the world.

Source and photo credit: Women's Foreign Policy Group

12/10/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is My Stealthy Freedom, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to challenging the compulsory hijab laws of the Islamic Republic. These laws force all women, from the age of 7 to wear compulsory hijab and treat women as second-class citizens. Women have no choice but to obey these misogynist laws or face as many as 72 lashes, a jail sentence and a fine.

My Stealthy Freedom supports Iranian women’s basic right to choose, to decide for themselves what to wear and how to cover themselves, or what not to wear. It’s about the freedom to choose.

My Stealthy Freedom promotes the cases of women who through acts of civil disobedience fight these discriminatory laws. By sharing and transmitting their stories and struggles to a global audience, it is our hope to gain global support for Iranian women, and men, as they fight gender apartheid, free from religious tyranny.

Learn more about My Stealthy Freedom at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7256/my-stealthy-freedom and find other organizations that help fight against oppression in Iran and around the world.

Source and photo credit: My Stealthy Freedom

12/07/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is HÁWAR.help, a human rights organization that was founded in 2015 on the ashes of the Yazidi genocide and today implements development, education, and awareness programs in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Germany.

HÁWAR.help has accompanied and supported the feminist revolution in Iran from the beginning and sees itself as an ally and an advocate for the freedom movement and for human and women’s rights in Iran.

"We stand up for these very rights internationally and condemn the horrible practices of the Iranian regime, which violates and disregards these rights every day."

Learn more about HÁWAR.help at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7253/hawarhelp and find other organizations that fight for human rights in Iran and around the world.

Source and photo credit: HÁWAR.help

12/04/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is Center for Human Rights in Iran, an independent and nonpartisan not-for-profit organization that documents rights violations in Iran and holds the Iranian government accountable to its domestic and international human rights obligations.

Headquartered in New York, CHRI is comprised of award-winning journalists, researchers, lawyers, and activists based around the world who amplify the demands of the Iranian people and advocate their rights and freedoms.

CHRI engages in extensive media outreach around the globe to raise public awareness of human rights issues in Iran, and intensive international advocacy to build strategic coalitions that will advance human rights initiatives in Iran.

Learn more about Center for Human Rights in Iran at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7250/center-for-human-rights-in-iran and find other organizations that fight against oppression in Iran and around the world.

Source and photo credit: Center for Human Rights in Iran

12/01/2023

Today's featured is Women for Women International and their work in Syria. Since 1993, Women for Women International has reached more than 553,000 marginalized women affected by war and conflict.

"Since 2020, we've acted through our partnership with Women Now for Development, a local organization in Syria, to provide women with resources for a better livelihood. The organization trains, educates and supports Syrian women by providing courses at centers on the outskirts of Idlib and the countryside around Aleppo. Through our Conflict Response Fund, 417 women and girls to date have received vocational skills training in sewing, computer maintenance, pastry and soap-making, and were offered online classes in Arabic literacy, English language skills, and math."

Learn more about Women for Women International and their work in Syria at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7294/women-for-women-international-syria and find other organizations that help women and girls around the world.

Source and photo credit: Women for Women International

11/28/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is White Helmets. Known for their distinctive headwear, the rescue workers operate in the most dangerous place on earth and have saved more than 100,000 lives over the past five years. When the bombs rain down, the White Helmets (also known as the Syria Civil Defence) rush in. In a place where public services no longer function, these humanitarian volunteers risk their lives to help anyone in need – regardless of their religion or politics.

Former bakers, tailors, engineers, pharmacists, painters, carpenters, students and many more professions besides, the White Helmets are volunteers from all walks of life. Many have paid the ultimate price for their compassion – 252 have been killed while saving others. The White Helmets have emerged as heroes of the communities they serve.

The White Helmets have had female volunteers since their formation – now there are 221 women who are trained in medical care and light search and rescue work.

Learn more about White Helmets at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7306/white-helmets and find other organizations that help women and girls around the world.

Source and photo credit: White Helmets

11/26/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is Souriyat Across Borders (SAB), a women-led charity founded in 2012 by five Syrian women as an emergency response to the humanitarian crisis to meet the fundamental needs of Syrian refugees.

"We are established and run by strong Syrian women, breaking the stereotype of what Syrian women are capable of, to help those whose lives have been turned on their heads by the current conflict in Syria. Our work has changed lives and you can too. SAB are making a difference wherever they are, whether it be in Syria, Jordan, or the United Kingdom providing life saving aid and life sustaining support."

Learn more about Souriyat Across Borders and their work in Syria at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7310/souriyat-across-borders-sab and find other organizations that help women and girls in Syria and around the world.

Source and photo credit: Souriyat Across Borders

11/24/2023

Today's WorldWideWomen featured is NuDay, a non-profit working to secure dignified & empowered aid for women and children affected by humanitarian crises worldwide.

"For those living through a humanitarian crisis, empowered aid can rebuild futures. NuDay is reinventing humanitarian aid. NuDay's focus on women and children ensures that the populations who feel the brunt of humanitarian conflict are the first to receive aid and rebuild their futures. From emergency relief that aims to ensure dignified displacements, to long-term projects emphasizing local livelihoods: NuDay's approach is to support through empowered aid. That means sustainable income, access to basic needs, improved health, and community infrastructure."

Learn more about NuDay at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7298/nuday-syria and find other organizations that help women and girls around the world.

Source and photo credit: NuDay

11/20/2023

Today's featured organization is Doctors without Borders, an international, independent medical humanitarian organization providing medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.

"As full-scale war erupted in Ukraine, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) scaled up activities to meet the many health needs—supporting health facilities, running mobile clinics, and operating a specially designed medical train. In the early days following the escalation of the war, hospitals were in crucial need of medical supplies. We established supply lines to health facilities and displaced people in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, Mariupol, Donetsk region, Dnipro, and the capital city of Kyiv for the delivery of drugs, medical materials and other essential items. There are approximately 116 international MSF staff and 685 Ukrainian staff working across Ukraine, with more joining the team every day."

Learn more about Doctors without Borders and their work in Ukraine at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7241/doctors-without-borders-ukraine and find other organizations that help women and girls in Ukraine and around the world.

Source and photo credit: Doctors without Borders

11/18/2023

Today's featured organization is UN World Food Programme (WFP). WFP has been on the frontlines of the world’s worst hunger crises, fighting hunger and famine since 1962.

Right now we’re taking on our largest scale-up ever, providing lifesaving meals to 160 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in more than 120 countries and territories this year.

The war in Ukraine continues to displace people from their homes, damage infrastructure and disrupt supply chains. Many families have lost access to nutritious foods. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on the ground inside Ukraine and neighboring countries to provide critical food assistance to those affected by this devastating war.

Learn more about WFP and their work in Ukraine at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7240/un-world-food-programme-ukraine and find other organizations that help women and girls in Ukraine and around the world.

Source and photo credit: WFP

11/15/2023

Today's featured organization is UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, working in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere.

"UNICEF has been supporting vulnerable children and families in Ukraine since 1997 — expanding and extending that work when conflict erupted in the eastern region in 2014, and then deploying a full-on emergency response as war escalated in 2022. UNICEF remains on the ground in Ukraine meeting urgent needs.

UNICEF's humanitarian work in Ukraine has long focused on meeting critical needs for health care, safe water and nutrition, while also safeguarding children's rights and long term well-being and helping to strengthen critical systems and essential services."

Learn more about UNICEF and their work in Ukraine at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7239/unicef-in-ukraine and find other organizations that help women and girls in Ukraine and around the world.

Source and photo credit: UNICEF

11/12/2023

Today's featured organization is Razom Ukraine, a non-profit supporting Ukrainian people in their pursuit of democracy with dignity, justice, and human rights.

"Razom means 'together' in Ukrainian and serves as a constant reminder of the community that it takes to create, build and do. Razom creates spaces where people meet, partner and work together to unlock the potential of Ukraine. We maintain a relentless focus on the needs on the ground to support Ukraine and on opportunities to amplify voices from Ukraine in conversations in the United States. We operate in Ukraine as Razom Dlia Ukraini (Разом Для України) and we collaborate with organizations and individuals so that we can deliver the highest impact.

We keep our focus on Ukraine and rebuilding Ukraine. We are continually adapting to the opportunities available throughout the globe to include new donors, partners, and advocates for a prosperous, sovereign Ukraine. We can do this together – Razom."

Learn more about Razom Ukraine and their work in Ukraine at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7238/razom-ukraine and find other organizations that help women and girls in Ukraine and around the world.

Source and photo credit: Razom Ukraine

11/09/2023

Today's featured organization is United24, the official fundraising platform of Ukraine launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, President Zelenskyy has been asked hundreds of times: 'What can we do to help Ukraine?' that’s exactly why we launched United24. The idea is simple: to unite the world around supporting Ukraine; to protect, save and rebuild. The platform allows one-click donations to Ukraine from anywhere.

No one was ready for a full-scale war in the heart of Europe. Charitable foundations, no matter how well-organized, cannot meet the needs of a country as large as Ukraine. We can, however, do it together."

Learn more about United24 and their work in Ukraine at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7237/united24 and find other organizations that help women and girls in Ukraine and around the world.

Source and photo credit: United24

11/06/2023

Today's featured organization is the United Nations Afghanistan. Afghanistan officially joined the United Nations on 19 November 1946 as the Kingdom of Afghanistan. There are currently 24 UN agencies, funds and programmes in the UN Country Team, of which 20 are located in Afghanistan.

"The past several years have been extremely challenging for the people of Afghanistan. Already suffering from decades of conflict and instability, Afghanistan’s human rights, governance, humanitarian, and development situations deteriorated sharply after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. With 24.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and more than 9 in 10 living in poverty, the country is in the midst of a crisis on an unprecedented scale.

The United Nations and its partners recognize that humanitarian aid alone will not be enough to sustainably address the large-scale and increasing human suffering of the Afghan people in the medium and long term."

Learn more about the United Nations' strategic work in Afghanistan at https://worldwidewomen.co/organizations/7235/united-nations-afghanistan and find other organizations that help women and girls around the world.

Source and photo credit: United Nations Afghanistan

11/04/2023

Today's featured organization is Afghanaid, a British humanitarian and development organization.

"For forty years, our dedicated personnel have worked with millions of families in some of the poorest and most remote communities in Afghanistan. We build basic services, improve livelihoods, strengthen the rights of women and children, help communities protect against natural disasters and adapt to climate change, and respond to humanitarian emergencies.

Our community-led approach gives ordinary Afghans a voice in their own development, making them active participants in shaping the future of their country."

Learn more about Afghanaid and their work in Afghanistan at www.worldwidewomen.co and find other organizations that help women and girls around the world.

Source and photo credit: Afghanaid

11/02/2023

Today's featured organization is Save the Children, a leading humanitarian organization for children.

"Our charity has changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world. With 25,000 dedicated staff across 116 countries, we respond to major emergencies, deliver innovative development programmes, and ensure children's voices are heard through our campaigning to build a better future for and with children.

Afghanistan's children have endured decades of conflict and suffering. A perfect storm of climate disasters, a severe economic crisis and the collapse of essential services have led to one of the worst food crises ever recorded. Almost 30 million people need humanitarian assistance this year. We have been working in Afghanistan since 1976 to deliver life-saving services to children and their families."

Learn more about Save the Children and their work in Afghanistan at worldwidewomen.co and find other organizations that help women and girls around the world.

Source and photo credit: Save the Children

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