Impact stories

Seven months into the COVID-19 crisis, we reflect on where we've succeeded, where we've failed, and how we can adapt to the ongoing crisis.

Even in the face of COVID-19, women in savings groups continue to astound and find ways to succeed.

“What would make you feel safer where you live? How about if you had picked up your entire life and fled across the border in search of a better life?”

“…though I am disabled, I can now speak up and ask questions, demanding answers from elsewhere.”

Women—especially married women—are telling dramatic stories of change after they participated in couple’s discussion sessions and received access to bank accounts. 

Including gender at the core and prioritizing local voices are key approaches to working with communities to tackling the climate emergency. 

“What we do know, from decades of responding to epidemics in some of the poorest and most fragile contexts, is that hope is possible.”

What happens when you think of poor women as economic powerhouses? The world changes.

My Right to My Future, Women’s Participation in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution (PEACE II) ran from 2015-2017 in Palestine with $672,993 from the EU and Austrian Agency for Development. It worked with 4,300 people directly.