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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.
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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.
Afghan women’s shelter needs your help to stay open
I wrote to you in March about the emergency women’s shelter that the Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) has been running…
Breaking the silence in the world capital of female genital mutilation
Last year, I met 15 year-old Istar, who had been married off to a 70 year-old man in Eastern Somalia. He paid 10 camels and…
Dr. Mukwege’s statement on June 19, International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Statement of Dr. Denis Mukwege on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Bukavu (19 June 2017) –…
Help protect Nepali women from acid attacks
Help protect Nepali women from acid attacks June 13, 2017 | Donor Direct Action Sangita Magar and her friend were standing in their school classroom…