"And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read."
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Choose Your Gifts
Gardening Basket
$50
Add to CartSustainable organic farming is a way to help women become self-sufficient and even learn to make a profit. Give women the tools they need to get started in growing their future.
Sewing Basket
$25
Add to CartAs tailors and seamstresses, women in our programs in Afghanistan, Kosovo and DR Congo are using simple sewing tools to provide an income for themselves and their families. Give our students thread, yarn, pins and a tape measure to help them create a brighter future.
Bakery Basket
$35
Add to CartWhen women in our programs in Bosnia and Afghanistan step into the kitchen to bake, they aren't just making treats for their friends and family—they are earning an income. Give today to help women learn the skills and get the tools they need to provide food for their communities and a source of income for their families.
Baby Chicks (3)
$15
Add to CartThey may be cute, but to us, chicks are serious business. In Nigeria, raising poultry provides hundreds of women with a lifeline to a steady income. Baby chicks are raised to produce eggs that can be sold at the market to support families of women in our programs.
Goat
$50
Add to CartFor women in our programs, the sound of a goat braying is sweet: it represents income generation, self-sufficiency and a better future. In Afghanistan, goats can be raised for milk or cheese to be sold at market.
Sewing Machine
$75
Add to CartIn Afghanistan, Kosovo and DR Congo, the path to economic self-sufficiency often begins with a small home tailoring business. As tailors and seamstresses, women are using simple sewing tools to provide an income for themselves and their families. Help the women we serve get their start with the tools and training they need to succeed.
Literacy Training
$50
Add to CartBooks are the building blocks of literacy education. When a woman in our program learns how to read and write, she holds the key to knowledge and power in her hands. Give a gift and help make the future promising for women survivors of war.
Hectare of Land
$1000
Add to CartShovels, wheelbarrows, seeds and water jugs mean nothing to the aspiring farmer if she doesn’t have land to cultivate. A hectare, about 2.5 acres of land, is a big dream for the women we serve. Though women produce 60% of the world’s food, they own less than 2% of the world’s land. Help make land ownership a reality for the women we serve.
Paris’ key fashion stars join Harper’s Bazaar’s t-shirt campaign in aid of Women for Women International
For the third year running, Harper’s Bazaar and the London fashion boutique Browns are partnering to bring together top designers to join a global fashion campaign that is not only about style but also about helping women in some of the most war-ravaged countries to rebuild their lives and overcome the trauma they have gone through.
Chloé’s Clare Waight Keller, Martine Sitbon of Rue du Mail, Isabel Marant, Vanessa Bruno, Nathalie Rykiel, president and artistic director of Sonia Rykiel, and Agnes B have all designed their very own, exclusive t-shirt to support the vital work of Women for Women International.
The six exclusive t-shirts will be sold through Browns in London and selected boutiques worldwide and can also be bought online. Buy your t-shirt now.
Harper’s Bazaar’s Women for Women t-shirt campaign, which first launched in 2010, was born out of a meeting between Harper’s Bazaar Editor, Lucy Yeomans and Women for Women International, Zainab Salbi.
Harper’s Bazaar Editor Lucy Yeomans says:
"We are delighted to be able to support Women for Women International through our t-shirt project - this will be our third year. The work Women for Women does around the world impacts on so many lives and our annual project is something we are so proud to be a part of. It is wonderful that once again Joan Burstein and Browns have been able to partner with us to create these beautiful t-shirts that I am sure will be a sell out. Thank you to our brilliant French designers who have all contributed time and energy into making this year’s project the biggest yet."
CEO of Browns Simon Burstein says:
In Peace Perfume"It’s the real sense of fun that the campaign has that we like and the fact that by wearing the t-shirt, and promoting it, we are helping to spread the word of the wonderful work of Women for Women in areas devastated by war and civil unrest."
(From the Women for Women International Website, USA & UK)
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