Peer Support Groups Improve Maternal Health in Kenya

Women in colorful dresses at training session in Kenya.During her first pregnancy, Mary Furaha didn’t attend any prenatal care appointments. Her second pregnancy is different. The 23-year-old is not only regularly visiting her healthcare provider but is also attending a peer support group for pregnant women in[...]

Cultivating Economic Security through Farming in Nepal

A Nepalese woman stands in a field holding a large cabbage in each hand.In Nepal’s remote, mountainous Taplejung district, Pemba Doma Sherpa harvests vegetables from her fields on a steep hillside. She sells her produce at the local market twice a week, providing enough money to support her family and send her two daughters to[...]

Women at the heart of our work 

Mother gives child a vitamin A supplement.Women are the cornerstones of many families. They oversee home life — raising the children, preparing meals, even fetching water — and they bear responsibility for part, if not all, of their families’ livelihoods. In times of struggle, women often put[...]