Counterpart and Save the Children Promote Women’s Digital Inclusion in Niger
Counterpart’s USAID-funded Jagoranci project collaborated with Save the Children’s Kulawa project and the Regional Directorate for the Promotion of Women of Tillabéri to promote women’s …
Peer-to-Peer Learning Event Fosters Dialogue Among Nigerien Communes
Counterpart’s USAID-funded Resilient Governance in Niger activity, also called Jagoranci, organized a peer-to-peer learning event that brought together 15 representatives from communes in Zinder, Tillabéri, …
Opening the Doors to Women’s Inclusion in Conflict Settings
Conflict often alters power dynamics, presenting development practitioners an opportunity to revisit assumptions about gender norms and reassess how to better integrate women more meaningfully …
Reducing the Stigma of Mental Health Among Ukrainian Refugees
Exhausted from the harrowing journey, Olena “Elena” Avakiants felt a wave of relief as she entered Romanian soil on February 25, 2022, having escaped the …
Multi-Stakeholder Model Aims to Prevent Violence Against Women in Ecuador
With the onset of COVID-19 came an alarming increase in cases of domestic violence in Ecuador. Counterpart’s Open Government Project sought to prevent, address and …
GWIM Alumna Becomes Champion of Women’s Inclusion in Nigerian Development
Nne Bassey Abraham, CEO of Our Ladies Development Centre (OLADEC) in Nigeria, says although women constitute nearly half of Akwa Ibom state’s 3.9 million residents, …
Turi Kumwe Empowers Burundi Woman to Become an Emerging Community Leader
Through the self-confidence she gained by participating in the USAID-funded Turi Kumwe project, 27-year old Quelida Ndihokubwayo, from Kinyinya, Burundi, is an emerging leader in …
Making bricks and gaining equality in Gisuru
A group of Burundians, comprised of two men and two women, brought innovation to their village by setting up local manufacturing of bricks. Nibigira Rose, …
Equipping women with skills: a profile from Egypt
Women are the key to development. According to the United Nations, women’s economic empowerment improves productivity and increases financial independence. Counterpart’s Global Women in Management (GWIM) program identifies women …
Ukrainian Women Find New Skills in Self-care and Supporting Others
Since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, more than 6 million Ukrainians have fled the country. This is approximately one-third of the …