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Your help to girls like 10 year old Sahar is invaluable!
I want you to know how much your generosity means. Sahar was only 10 when she was forced to marry an older man in Afghanistan.…
We risk our lives for peace
I was born in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country fraught with security challenges and an unstable…
Human Rights Day
Shortly after World War 2 ended, on December 10th 1948, the world came together and agreed that human rights would never again be compromised. The…
We pressed pause the day we had to leave Syria. The shock never goes away
I am a medical doctor and a proud Syrian woman. I was born and grew up in Damascus. We stayed for as long as we…
300 girls undergo FGM in Kenya
You may have read reports that 300 girls have just undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kuria, Southern Kenya in recent weeks. I have fought for Kenyan…
Peace in Syria might finally be possible, if women are included
After close to half a million deaths estimated in Syria and with no end to violence in sight, we all want to see peace. Extremist…
What #MeToo Means To Sex Trafficking Victims
What #metoo means to sex trafficking victims October 19, 2017 | Frontline Women’s Fund Following an explosive New York Times article on sexual assault in Hollywood…
Kyung-wha Kang Reception
Donor Direct Action hosted a reception for South Korea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, in New York on September 22 2017.
Donor Direct Action’s first five years
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The ‘rape capital of the world’? We women in Congo don’t see it that way
“We do not see ourselves as the “rape capital of the world”. Instead, I agree with Liberia’s Nobel Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee, who called my…
After decades of war, help brave Congolese women lay groundwork for peace
The Congolese Women’s Forum for Peace and Security in Kinshasa, which brought together 65 women from all 26 provinces in the DRC, was coordinated by…
Support Congolese women peacemakers
65 Congolese women have come together for the first time to plan a more peaceful future for the DRC but need funding to move forward. Watch our video with Meryl Streep, Leymah Gbowee, Lena Dunham, Margot Wallström, Dr. Denis Mukwege, Navi Pillay and Gloria Steinem.