Piggery Project Training Report Introduction: Mitooma Women’s Dignity foundation (MIWODIF) received funding from American Women For International Understanding (AWIU) to support Mitooma Women’s Dignity Foundation piggery project. The management of MIWODIF has started conducting piggery farming training for its beneficiaries. The training was officiated by the town clerk Mitooma town […]
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AWIU provided a grant to Melel Xojobal for a project that will help obtain birth certificates for children from birth to seventeen who were born in small villages of Chiapas, Mexico. Young girls cannot qualify for basic rights, such as school registration without a birth certificate but most are from
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AWIU Grant Progress Report Project: Economic Empowerment through Skill Development Conducted by: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Working Women Union-Da Hawwa Lur Sponsored by: American Women for International Understanding Launch Date: 1st July, 2016 Background: Da Hawwa Lur is a non-profit organization which is working to improve the socio-economic and cultural conditions for
American Women For International Understanding Hosts Career Opportunities For International Relations Symposium At The U.S. Department of State American Women for International Understanding, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State (DOS), presented the 2nd Annual AWIU Career Opportunities for International Relations (COIR) Symposium on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 8:30
An Article By One Of Our Delegates, Joan Poulas, to Ethiopia: Our trip to Ethiopia was far different from what we had expected. Most of us did not realize that this is NOT an Arab country; nor is it even primarily Muslim. Instead we found a country trying very hard
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“I call on you, my Sisters of Courage, to find five girls to mentor and through these girls, we will build a better world,” Vicky Ntetema, an International Women of Courage honoree from Tanzania, challenged her fellow honorees and the audience of 300 at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los
IWOC Celebration 2016: An Electric Evening for the “Sisters of Courage” Read More »
On April 7, 2016, American Women for International Understanding (AWIU) will host the International Women of Courage Celebration in Los Angeles in partnership with the U.S. Department of State and the International Visitors Council Los Angeles. The International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award was established by the U.S. Department of
International Women of Courage Celebration in Los Angeles for First Time Read More »
American Women For International Understanding Delegation to Chiapas November 11-19, 2015 DELEGATES Andrea Bascon Robin Winter Odem Colleen Berk, Co Leader Barbara Rubio, Co Leader Barbara Disko Judith Russell Barbara Feig Nancy Shinowara Katherine Heffernan November 11, 2015: Welcome to Palenque! Our lovely hotel is located in the jungle very
AWIU Delegation to Chiapas Detailed Activity Report: November 11-19, 2015 Read More »
American Women For International Understanding provided grant to Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI) in 2015 to help PDI impart life skills to adolescents in Nairobi Slums. Below is a progress report from our grantee PDI on the work done with the help of a grant from American Women For International Understanding.
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“I believe that global education is one of the most powerful tools to improve nations by reducing poverty, sustaining economic growth, and helping build a more peaceful world. Relations between countries are simply too important to be left in the hands of governments alone. Therefore, with our education programs we
2016 AWIU Internationalism Award Recipient is Harriet M. Fulbright Read More »
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