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Noelle Newton is currently a Board Member and Treasurer of AWIU, as well as leading the Finance, Investment, and Virtual Member Committees. She is also a member of the Governance, Development, IDEA, COIR, IWOC Celebration, Delegation and Membership Committees at AWIU. She is excited about going on her first AWIU […]

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jqwolcott@hotmail.com Justine Wolcott has a lifelong interest in international affairs, especially relating to Latin America. The Pasadena, California resident volunteers at the Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Services (IRIS) in Los Angeles, where (pre-covid) she provided legal assistance to lawful permanent residents and newly arrived individuals to complete applications to become

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2023 Passports to the Future Take a Swing at Big Project

2023 Passports to the Future Take a Swing at Big Project Meet the 13 young women making up the first cohort of AWIU’s recently refreshed Passport to the Future program. From January to June, 2023, they researched, interviewed, studied, and spoke with International Women of Courage, AWIU grantees and members

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2021 AWIU Grant Reipients

In 2021, AWIU awarded grants to over 15 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2021 U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Burma Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe, Cameroon Wang Yu, China Mayerlis Angarita, Colombia Julienne Lusenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo Judge Erika Aifan,

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2020 AWIU Grant Recipients

In 2020, AWIU awarded grants to over 10 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2020 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan Lucy Kocharyan, Armenia Shahla Humbatova, Azerbaijan Ximena Galarza, Bolivia Claire Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso Sayragul Sauytbay, Kazakhstan Susanna Liew, Malaysia Amaya Coppens, Nicaragua

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2019 AWIU Grant Recipients

In 2019, AWIU awarded grants to over 10 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2019 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage Razia Sultana, Bangladesh Naw K’nyawPaw, Burma Moumina Housssein Darar, Djibouti Magda Gobran Gorgy, Egypt Sister Orla Treacy, Ireland Olivera Lakic, Montenegro Marini de Livera, Sri

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2018 AWIU Grant Recipients

In 2018, AWIU awarded grants to over 15 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2018 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage Roya Sadat, Afghanistan Aura Elena Farfan, Guatemala Dr. Julissa Villanueva, Honduras Aliyah Khalaf Saleh, Iraq Sister Maria Elena Berini, Italy Aiman Umarova, Kazakhstan Dr. Feride

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1991 2017 AWIU Grant Recipients

2017 ACTION FOR RURAL WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (ARWDF), UGANDA Mushroom Growing and Processing Trainings for Life Improvement (Grant Sent in January 2017) ACTION FOR WOMEN NETWORK (AWN), UGANDA – Coffee Processing Project. Addressing Climate Change ALPHA WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE, UGANDA– Goat Farming Project for Women with HIV/Aids ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN

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