Women for Women International

2009 Annual Report In 2009, Women For Women International:

• Served 85,458 women through our core program and microcredit.

• Distributed $16.6 million in direct aid and microcredit loans.

• Facilitated the exchange of 104,787 letters between sponsors and their sisters.

• Revised our core rights awareness and life skills curriculum to deepen program impact and equip women with tools to rebuild their lives, families and communities.

• Implemented new country-specific income generation and employment strategies, including market-based vocational and business skills trainings and pilot projects linked to the consumer value-chain.

• Developed innovative public-private partnerships to help women access the knowledge and resources they need to lead long-term change. From the Chair of the Board of Directors As the Chair of Women for Women International’s Board of Monitoring and Evaluation systems will ensure effective Directors, I want to thank you for making it possible for and efficient data collection relevant to women’s economic Women for Women International to remain a lifeline to status, decision-making abilities, physical and psychological women in one of the most economically turbulent times in wellness, and social networks. recent history. In 2009, as most charities saw a significant reduction in donations and grant revenue, your steadfast Publicly, we were granted special consultative status with support allowed us to continue uniting our global community the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and we and fostering stability for women survivors of war as they expanded our European presence through successful UK- rebuild their lives, families and communities. based advocacy and outreach. We further engaged our corporate partners, and enjoyed tremendous exposure on Across the organization, we significantly reduced costs, television and in print. further improved efficiencies, and at the same time managed to deepen the impact of our programs. The long-term well- Your support makes it possible for women in crisis to access ness and sustainability of the women we serve is always the knowledge and resources that will help them lead our highest priority. change toward long-term peace and stability in their lives, families and communities. Women for Women International Your 2009 support helped us reach 85,458 women in remains dedicated to helping the women we serve not just Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic survive but thrive, advancing a global women’s movement Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and that will stimulate the action and leadership necessary to Sudan, benefiting an additional 461,473 family and commu- create and sustain peaceful and stable societies. Together, nity members. We distributed more than $16.6 million in we are building a groundswell of grassroots women’s direct aid and loans and mobilized a global community of leadership with the hope and the resources to bring about support more than 465,748 strong. a better tomorrow.

Programmatically, we revised our rights awareness and life On behalf of the staff, the Board, skills curriculum to focus on three key areas: raising aware- and the women whose lives you ness, promoting change and enabling action. On the eco- touch, I thank you. nomic side, we enhanced our market-based vocational skills training, job placement services and business startup resources to help ensure that the women who graduate from our programs have the capacity to sustain themselves and their families going forward. Extensive improvements to our Mary Menell Zients 21 Photo courtesy of Jenny Mathews A Letter From Our Founder 2009 was a year of unprecedented global change—a stunning to maternal healthcare and psychosocial support in the DRC, confluence of economic, social and political circumstances that and to provide women with access to capital to start or grow jarred most of the world in some way or another; and the need small businesses in Nigeria and Kosovo. for women survivors of war to mobilize and build peace and stability from the backlines forward has never been more When we work together—as mothers, sisters, fathers and urgent or profound. Despite the economic challenges, Women brothers—to echo women’s voices and invest in their efforts for Women International supporters have been instrumental in to build peace and stability, it not only creates lasting change building and sustaining a grassroots constituency within the in our own lives, families and communities, but helps advance Global Women’s Movement that is amplifying women’s voices the broader Global Women’s Movement as well. In a world and calling for change. where men fight against each other, women and women’s groups play an indispensable role as agents for change. Our Thankfully, this unflagging support has also revealed new investments in rights awareness, literacy, jobs and social windows of opportunity amidst an uncertain and shifting land- networks help women fight for each other, replacing traditional scape. Women for Women International has used the last year weapons with new tools like education and training. United by to evaluate the impact of our interventions on women’s lives, a shared vision of peaceful, stable societies, we can bring families and communities; fortify organizational infrastructure; about the change we wish to see. unite our global community; and formulate plans for strategic and sustainable growth. The lessons we have learned—from By the close of 2009, Women for Women International had our supporters, our staff, and most importantly, the women we helped 248,431 socially excluded women survivors of war serve—have become relevant and universal truths that will move from victims to active citizens, benefiting another 1.3 guide the future of the organization. million family and community members in the process. In 2010, we are expanding services to roughly 30,000 more Specifically, we believe that knowledge + resources = lasting women, and by extension benefiting more than 110,000 change for women. When women understand their rights, and family and community members. have the skills and opportunities to earn an income, they gain the ability to renegotiate their roles and status in their families Women for Women International is committed to achieving and communities. Across all of our programs and outreach, we even greater impact with the women and communities we seek to help women access the tools they need to guide their serve, and within the broader Global Women’s Movement. I couldn’t be more grateful to our senior team, led by Andrée own futures; to provide enough financial and programmatic Simon, President/COO of Women for Women International support for them to create sustainable solutions for them- and all the members of the staff in each of the countries where selves, their families and communities; and to amplify women’s we work, and in the US and the UK. But Women for Women In- voices at all levels of decision-making. ternational would not be able to do what we do without the sup- port of our generous grassroots and institutional donors. On Women for Women International’s global network is key to behalf of all the women we serve, I want to take this opportunity improving the lives of women survivors of war. In addition to to express our deepest thanks and grassroots leadership and outreach, public-private partnerships rearticulate our commitment to ex- have become more important than ever before. Creative, cellence in the service we provide. innovative collaboration is the competitive edge that leaders in every sector are using to weather the storms, and the mutual benefit of such cooperation is undeniable. We are proud of what we have achieved with our partners to create jobs in Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina; to ensure access Warmest, Zainab Salbi

2 Photo courtesy of Les Stone Our Mission and Vision Mission Through our programs and outreach, we seek to help Women for Women International provides women women access the tools they need to guide their own survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with the futures; to provide enough financial and programmatic tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to support for them to create sustainable solutions for stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil themselves, their families and communities; and to societies. amplify women’s voices at all levels of decision-making.

Vision We connect women from all over the world, and our Women for Women International envisions a world collective investments in rights awareness, literacy, jobs where no one is abused, poor, illiterate or marginalized; and social networks will enable women survivors of war to where members of communities have full and equal negotiate permanent change in their lives and communities participation in the processes that ensure their health, and build peace from the backlines forward. well-being, and economic independence; and where everyone has the freedom to define the scope of their life and their future and to achieve their full potential. Commitment to the Grassroots Women for Women International is focused on serving Women for Women International believes that stronger grassroots populations and providing access to and control women build stronger nations, and with access to over resources and knowledge and promoting ownership of information and resources, socially excluded women voice, leading to lasting change. The women we serve are survivors of war can lead change towards peaceful and sta- socially excluded and marginalized from political, civic and ble societies. When women understand their rights, and economic participation. We are committed to mobilizing and have the skills and opportunities to earn an income, they reflecting their voices in all of our programming and all ac- gain the ability to renegotiate their roles and status in their families and communities. tions related to our organization.

23 Photo courtesy of Jenny Mathews Our Program Working through country offices in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Knowledge: To reach their full potential, women must Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, understand their rights and the laws that protect them. In Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan, as well as our microfi- 2009, Women for Women International revised its rights nance institutions in Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, awareness and life skills curriculum designed to increase Women for Women International served more than 50,000 women’s practical knowledge of their rights, promote socially excluded women survivors of war each month in 2009 behavior change, and enable action, equipping women offering an integrated program of sponsorship, rights aware- with the knowledge and skills required to access the oppor- ness and life skills education, and market-based vocational and tunities available to them. In Afghanistan, 94% of graduates business skills training, including access to credit and savings. report increased participation in family decision-making.

Knowledge + Resources = Lasting Change Resources: In 2009, Women for Women International WfWI believes that knowledge + resources = lasting change implemented country-specific income generation strategies, for women. When women understand their rights and have with market-based business and skills training and outreach the skills and opportunities to earn an income, they gain the designed to increase women’s job readiness, job linkages, ability to renegotiate their roles and status in their families and new, market-based opportunities.In Nigeria, graduates and communities, catalyzing a ripple effect of inclusion and empowerment. Across all of our programs and outreach, we have formed over 500 cooperatives including a rice mill that seek to help women access the tools they need to guide their employs 600 graduates. own futures; to provide enough financial and programmatic support for them to create sustainable solutions for them- Innovative partnerships are also critical to women's long- selves, their families and communities; and to amplify term success. Businesses have become more engaged women’s voices at all levels of decision-making. This includes with our work and we have developed partnerships with ensuring that members of our global community also have Bloomberg Philanthropies, Goldman Sachs, and kate spade access to the knowledge and resources they need to lead new york. Governments have also recognized the impor- change by raising additional awareness and resources for tance of engaging women in meeting national economic, women survivors of war as they build peace in their families social and political goals, and have donated land and tech- and communities from the backlines forward. nical assistance for women entrepreneurs. 4 Photo courtesy of Sonya Melescu 2 Our Program Lasting Change: Change occurs when women are well, Assessments and Program Evaluations. sustain an income, are decision-makers, and have Based on a 2009 evaluation of our longest-running strong social networks and safety-nets. In 2009 we de- programs, 61% of participants from Bosnia, Kosovo and veloped, piloted and integrated new tools to monitor and Nigeria believe women have the ability to make changes evaluate progress toward these key outcomes, including in society – a nearly 200% increase in the number of Individual Participant Plans, Participant Training participants who felt that way at enrollment.

25 Afghanistan

PROGRAM INCEPTION 2002 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 5,577 Opportunities Tailor-Made for Women in Afghanistan Cumulative number of women served In 2009, Women for Women International partnered with (through 2009) 19,712 SAFI Apparel to create jobs for women in a newly built 2009 microfinance portfolio $1,915,776 garment manufacturing facility in Kabul. The partnership 2009 number of microfinance clients 13,814 seeks to offer long-term employment opportunities for Cumulative number of microfinance clients women by linking vocational training with viable market (through 2009) 58,972 opportunities. Through the SAFI partnership, selected 2009 repayment rate 99.5% women who complete the garment production training Total number of full-time employees (2009) 203 program are offered full time employment. SAFI Apparel hopes to employ up to 4,000 workers over the next seven 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: years. Currently, 120 women are employed at the SAFI Percent reporting change in income 85% garment facility. Percent reporting change in health status 89% Percent reporting change in knowledge and awareness of rights 88% “I am very happy in Women for Women International…. Percent reporting change in active community Before I joined this program I didn’t have any involvement 26% information about women’s rights and now that I USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* am a participant of this program I have learned Number of Graduates (2009) 4,299 many useful lessons about women rights that women Food 40% Clothes 35% can work and help each other.” Housing 23% Medicine 4% Income Generation 12% * Because women often use their sponsorship funds to School/School Fees 20% address a combination of needs, these categories add up Other 4% to more than 100%.

6 Bosnia And Herzegovina

PROGRAM INCEPTION 1994 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 3,979 Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Working Cumulative number of women served “Hand in Hand” (through 2009) 25,592 kate spade new york and Women for Women International 2009 microfinance portfolio $9,625,651 launched a two-year exclusive partnership in 2009 called 2009 number of microfinance clients 9,013 Hand in Hand, designed to expand job opportunities for Cumulative number of microfinance clients women in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries (through 2009) 26,687 where WfWI works. In 2009, 250 women in Bosnia and 2009 repayment rate 96.3% Herzegovina were employed by the kate spade Hand in Total number of full-time employees (2009) 124 Hand partnership, knitting colorful scarves, mittens, hats, and dog sweaters for kate spade’s holiday line. The Hand in 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: Hand partnership has now expanded, launching year-round Percent reporting change in income 33% production in Kosovo and Rwanda as well. Percent reporting change in health status 12% Percent reporting change in knowledge and awareness of rights 64% Percent reporting change in active community “This organization Women for Women International involvement 15% will take and mark one year as very important in my USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* life. I consider that I am braver and have bigger Number of Graduates (2009) 2,924 self-confidence. I am also feeling healthier for now.” Food 14% Clothes 8% Housing 43% Medicine 7% Income Generation 6% * Because women often use their sponsorship funds to School/School Fees 5% address a combination of needs, these categories add up Other 23% to more than 100%.

7 The Democratic Republic of the Congo

PROGRAM INCEPTION 2004 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 9,324 Combating Gender-Based Violence in DRC with Educa- Cumulative number of women served tion and Opportunities (through 2009) 31,223 In 2009, Women for Women International joined with the Total number of full-time employees (2009) 105 International Rescue Committee to launch a three-year, $2 million partnership aimed at supporting and empowering 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: women survivors of gender-based violence in eastern DRC. Percent reporting change in income 83% The innovative project will enable 6,300 women and girls to Percent reporting change in health status 83% improve their socio-economic status through market-based Percent reporting change in knowledge and skills training and increase their access to quality care awareness of rights 79% through referrals for psychological, health, legal and finan- Percent reporting change in active community cial services. Participants will also receive rights-awareness involvement 82% education and ongoing business development services to ensure the project creates sustainable, lasting change in USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* women’s lives. Number of Graduates (2009) 6,918 Food 85% Clothes 73% “When my husband chased me, he told me that I'll Housing 12% become a street woman but when I was admitted in Medicine 74% Income Generation 75% the Women for Women program, my life began to School/School Fees 75% improve.... I paid the school fees for my two studying Other 37% children and had my house built and I no longer get

wet when it rains…. My children will go on studying

* Because women often use their sponsorship funds to and that man will be confused. I was illiterate but address a combination of needs, these categories add up to more than 100%. now I know to read and write my name.”

8 Photo courtesy of Les Stone Iraq

PROGRAM INCEPTION 2003 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 773 Women Rekindle their Hopes for Iraq’s Future Cumulative number of women served Women for Women International began collaboration with (through 2009) 4,987 Prosperity Candle in Iraq in 2009. The WfWI and Prosperity Total number of full-time employees (2009) 19 Candle partnership employs a unique business model, providing women entrepreneurs in Iraq with a candle-making 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: kit that is a “business in a box.” Once women learn how to Percent reporting change in income 74% make candles in their homes, they can easily scale the Percent reporting change in health status 92% business to create viable income generation opportunities. Percent reporting change in knowledge and Through this partnership, WfWI-Iraq trains program partici- awareness of rights 95% pants in candle-making as a vocational skill, and Prosperity Percent reporting change in active community Candle provides supplies and an international export involvement 80% market. In 2009, 50 women received candle-making kits and produced nearly 2,000 candles that are currently USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* being sold in the US. Number of Graduates (2009) 203 Food 4% “I want to thank you for your help and support, thanks Clothes 9% Housing 72% because you are listening to me and feel my pain.” Medicine 2% Income Generation 13% School/School Fees 4% Other 0%

* Because women often use their sponsorship funds to address a combination of needs, these categories add up to more than 100%.

9 Kosovo

PROGRAM INCEPTION 1999 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 4,744 Women who Build Create a Buzz in Kosovo Cumulative number of women served In Kosovo, Women for Women International has partnered (through 2009) 24,544 with a large multinational manufacturing company since 2007 Total number of full-time employees (2009) 31 to help women survivors of war literally rebuild their communi- ties. Guided by its commitment to social responsibility, the 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: company initiated the partnership by providing support for Percent reporting change in income 26% market-based carpentry training for WfWI program participants. Percent reporting change in health status 22% In 2009, they provided a grant to support sponsorship and Percent reporting change in knowledge and beekeeping business start-up for some recent program awareness of rights 87% graduates. During the next year, WfWI program graduates who Percent reporting change in active community are trained as carpenters will build and sell bee boxes to women involvement 0% trained in beekeeping through this partnership. This partnership helps create market linkages and opportunities among WfWI USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* program graduates with the potential of providing long-term Number of Graduates (2009) 4,051 employment opportunities for socially-excluded women. Food 64% Clothes 33% “Even though the war had brought us many human Housing 3% losses and material losses, our people of Kosova have Medicine 6% made it and are challenging this high economic crisis. Income Generation 2% School/School Fees 8% The program of Women for Women enables many Other 5% women to take part and learn things about their daily life….I am currently learning about ‘Business Adminis-

* Because women often use their sponsorship funds to tration’ which I dreamed for so many years....This address a combination of needs, these categories add up learning will maybe enable me or other women to find a to more than 100%. job and support our children.” 10 Nigeria

PROGRAM INCEPTION 2000 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 4,914 Promoting Women’s Health Awareness and Decision- Cumulative number of women served Making in Nigeria (through 2009) 27,467 In 2009, WfWI-Nigeria collaborated with local health care Total number of full-time employees (2009) 39 provider Annunciation Hospital to sponsor a community HIV/AIDS health training for over 1,000 community women. 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: Training provided in-depth information on HIV/AIDS trans- Percent reporting change in income 86% mission, treatment, management, and prevention to reach Percent reporting change in health status 86% not only program participants but their families, friends, and Percent reporting change in knowledge and community leaders. Over 800 attendees took advantage of awareness of rights 87% the free testing offered at the end of the training. WfWI- Percent reporting change in active community Nigeria also collaborated with Annunciation Hospital to involvement 80% support counseling and treatment services to women that tested positive. USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* Number of Graduates (2009) 3,697 Food 25% Clothes 7% “Women for Women came to me like a dream…. Housing 5% The goodness of Women for Women is reflected into Medicine 7% Income Generation 74% my family, and by the fertilizer you sent to me for my School/School Fees 28% farming, which was my greatest surprise in my lifetime.” Other 9%

* Because women often use their sponsorship funds to address a combination of needs, these categories add up to more than 100%.

11 Rwanda

PROGRAM INCEPTION 1997 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 7,144 Women Cultivate the Seeds of Long-Term Peace in Cumulative number of women served Rwanda, Organically (through 2009) 31,738 In 2009, Women for Women International worked with Total number of full-time employees (2009) 83 GAKO Organic Farming Training Center in Kigali, Rwanda to provide training for program participants in sustainable 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: organic agriculture. GAKO offers women theoretical and Percent reporting change in income 90% hands-on training and extension services in organic farming Percent reporting change in health status 88% techniques, and integrated farming techniques that combine Percent reporting change in knowledge and crop growth with animal husbandry. After receiving this train- awareness of rights 88% ing, participants go on to work on the CIFI farm, Women for Percent reporting change in active community Women International’s Commercial Integrated Farming involvement 79% Initiative. In 2008, 913 women received training at the GAKO Organic Farming Training Center, and in 2009, 883 USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* women received training. Number of Graduates (2009) 5,636 Food 33% Clothes 28% Housing 23% “You improved my life from deep poverty and now I Medicine 22% am doing well, and my children have enough of what Income Generation 64% they need for school; they have uniforms, books, School/School Fees 22% Other 34% pens and shoes, they have no problem….This is all because of you.”

* Because women often use their sponsorship funds to address a combination of needs, these categories add up to more than 100%.

12 Sudan

PROGRAM INCEPTION 2006 PARTNERSHIP: 2009 number of women served 2,599 Women in Sudan Farm to Feed their Families and Cumulative number of women served their Futures (through 2009) 4,290 Women for Women International partnered with Lundin Total number of full-time employees (2009) 54 for Africa in 2008 to launch a three-year organic commercial farming initiative for 3,000 socially-excluded women in 2009 PROGRAM IMPACT: Southern Sudan. In 2009, the project successfully trained Percent reporting change in income 92% 2,000 women in sustainable farming practices and solidified Percent reporting change in health status 92% local market linkages through which program graduates can Percent reporting change in knowledge and sell their produce. This year’s participants reported greater awareness of rights 92% food security from enhanced crop production, improved Percent reporting change in active community water security from new irrigation systems, and increased involvement 70% income from weekly vegetable sales. Many of the women are now reinvesting their profits into growing small busi- USE OF SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:* nesses and supporting their families, creating a ripple effect Number of Graduates (2009) 1,070 that will improve the health, education and overall well-being Food 35% of entire communities. Clothes 23% Housing 19% Medicine 34% “I would like to learn despite my age. Our culture would Income Generation 34% not allow girls and women to be free and expressing School/School Fees 36% Other 1% their rights. Girls are more exploited and denied educa- tion... Women for Women International has improved

our lives emotionally, financially and economically. * Because women often use their sponsorship funds to address a combination of needs, these categories add up Thanks…for changing old women in Sudan.” to more than 100%.

13 ONE WOMAN CAN CHANGE ANYTHING…

Women who participate in our programs use their their food but own less than 2% of the land, it becomes an newly-acquired rights awareness,economic reources and issue of both economic and gender justice. vocational skills to become active citizens who can help establish lasting peace and stability within their communi- WfWI is teaching women sustainable farming techniques ties.By assuming leadership positions within their communi- that maximize profit and increase nutritional value while ties, starting businesses, training other women and serving supporting environmental preservation and community as role models, women open a window of opportunity pre- agricultural and economic development. Women learn to cultivate a combination of crops based on market demand, sented by the end of conflict to re-negotiate the roles and yielding produce for household consumption and higher status of women in their country. profits while simultaneously mastering techniques that enhance the ecological balance of natural ecosystems. In the conflict-affected countries where we work, women play a huge role in re-knitting social networks and stimulating In Rwanda and Sudan, WfWI has secured long-term land local economies. Women for Women International’s model of leases that enable women to learn new skills, control the women-led change leverages women's economic empower- land they farm and access the highest returns on their ment for the benefit of entire families and communities, with labor. new markets and linkages and unprecedented access to the full range of innovation shaping today’s global community. In 2009, WfWI began piloting new farming and animal husbandry initiatives in additional countries, such as poultry-raising in Nigeria, large-scale organic farming and The Next Step: Taking Back The Land poultry programs in Afghanistan and organic farming in Women’s agricultural empowerment is the next frontier for Eastern DRC. As a result of WfWI-Afghanistan’s agricul- the Global Women’s Movement. Women produce 90% of tural pilot program, 90% of participants reported an the staple food crops, such as rice and maize—the crops increased income and 50 graduates have been referred to that feed the world and account for 70% of the world’s the Provincial Reconstruction Team and provincial agricul- farmers. When women produce the majority of the world’s tural department in Parwan to work as poultry trainers. 14 Photo courtesy of Susan Koch …MANY WOMEN CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. ®

Julienne, Woman of the World… ing other women to invest in themselves and their futures. Julienne is a 53-year-old mother of seven. She and Every month Julienne is able to put $50 into savings after her husband have lived in Bukavu, DRC with their two covering all of her family’s needs. This has helped her daughters and five sons since violence and insecurity purchase equipment to expand and improve her business. forced them from their farming village outside of Walungu. Julienne’s health has improved, she is more self confident Unable to find work in Bukavu, her husband was forced to and she is well-respected by her family and community. continue farming in his home village and travel between Walungu and Bukavu. This placed an enormous burden In 2009, Julienne was selected to enroll in Goldman on Julienne. Times were hard and money was scarce. Sachs’s 10,000 Women Initiative, which provides women Julienne lived in fear for her husband’s life, as travel was entrepreneurs in developing countries with advanced extremely unsafe. She operated a small business selling onions, palm oil and peanuts at the Mulungulungu, Panzi business training to grow their businesses and jumpstart market with a capital of only $5. She was able to maintain their local economies. As a result of this and her other at least one meal per day, but the strain was great as she achievements, Julienne received WfWI’s 2009 Woman attempted to put all her children through school. of the World Award, which is presented to extraordinary women who have used their voices to help women suf- In February 2006, Julienne enrolled in the Women for fering from war; women who have taken the investment Women International-DRC program where she received that has training in small business development. After her gradua- been made tion she started a soap-making business. Eventually, Juli- in them and enne secured the patronage of the Saint Etienne School paid it for- which she now supplies twice a month with her soaps. ward to em- power Julienne also works for Women for Women International- others. DRC as a vocational skills trainer in soap-making, inspir- 15 Photo courtesy of Les Stone Our Global Community…

Lasting change requires change from both the top down • Granted Special Consultative status with the United Na- and the bottom up, led by women and men who use their tions Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voices to energize the public, engage all populations, and foster cooperation among all community members. As a Lisa Shannon... grassroots constituency in the Global Women’s Move- In 2005, Lisa Shannon’s life changed. She was watch- ment, we embrace traditional and non-traditional strate- ing an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on which gies for transformation, and celebrate diversity and Women for Women International Founder and CEO inclusion as necessary agents for change. Zainab Salbi was explaining the crisis facing women in the DRC. “I learned about Congo, widely called the Our growing global community provides access to the worst place on earth to be a woman….Awakened to the highest levels of leadership and policymaking, supports atrocities—millions dead, women being raped and tor- the creation of public-private partnerships, and provides a tured, children starving and dying in shocking num- forum for emerging grassroots networks. Through our col- bers—I had to do something.” lective efforts we are creating the space for women to speak out and be heard. By engaging locally, we help Moved by DRC survivors’ stories, Lisa took action, spon- women contribute to the dialogue globally. soring two women in the DRC and starting a program called Run for Congo Women (RFCW). Lisa began run- 2009 OUTREACH HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: ning alone, raising nearly $28,000 on her first run. RFCW • Built strong relationships at the US Department of State, has since expanded to runs and walks throughout the USAID and Congress and submitted testimony on key is- United States and participants have raised more than sues (DRC, gender violence, Afghanistan) $600,000—enough money to sponsor 1,444 women in • Plenary panelist at the Clinton Global Initiative the DRC. • Featured in Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book Half the Sky and October 1 “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Lisa currently lives in her hometown of Portland, Ore- about the book. gon and she no longer runs alone. Run for Congo • Media appearances: New York Times, Today Show, PBS, Women is growing into a global movement, energizing BBC, Washington Post, Elle Magazine people in to take action on behalf of women survivors of 16 …Mobilizing the Grassroots through Education and Outreach war. In 2010, in a tremendous show of selflessness and her late husband's house. Her Women for Women Inter- solidarity, some of the very women that Lisa and RFCW national trainer told her: "You need to fight this." So, Ves- have helped sponsor in DRC are participating in their own tine prepared her case, found witnesses, stood up for her Run for Congo Women. Lisa shares these women’s sto- family in court, and won! Today, Vestine runs a small ries alongside her own in A Thousand Sisters (Seal business in Kigali using skills she learned through Press). Women for Women International programs. She has emerged stronger and more determined. “Her powerful story is an inspiration to all of those who think their voice is too small to change lives.” Senada... At age 17, Senada, a Bosnian woman, was married and ~ Lisa Ling, journalist dropped out of high school. After 27 years of marriage, her husband left her for another woman. Having not com- Vestine... pleted formal education and without marketable skills, “I’m telling you that the step I’ve taken, I’ll never go back. she came to Women for Women International's program I am going ahead.” –Vestine, WfWI-Rwanda graduate in Zenica, Bosnia. Senada now co-manages the Women A genocide survivor and mother of three, Vestine and her for Women International greenhouse in Zenica, where children were thrown out of their house when her hus- women grow peppers and tomatoes for sale, and re- band died. Destitute and home- cently finished her high school less, she had nowhere to turn. degree. To Senada, working in Then she found Women for the greenhouse is, in her words, Women International. Through "like therapy." our rights-awareness classes, Vestine learned that she and her children were entitled to live in

17 Photo courtesy of Jenny Matthews All That You Have Done

Women for Women International expresses our heartfelt SUPPORTERS gratitude to the individual sponsors and supporters, Thank you to all our supporters who have helped to institutional donors, board members and advisors, interns, drive awareness about the challenges the women in our volunteers and staff who make our work possible. programs face by raising your voices and opening your networks. You are part of a movement that is bigger OUR PLEDGE TO YOU than all of us. Women for Women International deeply appreciates the generosity of its donors. Indeed, it is a privilege and an Women for Women International’s global network is honor to be chosen as the recipient of these philanthropic key to improving the lives of women survivors of war. contributions. We recognize that each donor has many Strategies for change are often initiated, planned and choices when deciding how and where to give. Please know executed from the top echelons of society, far removed that we value and appreciate your support of Women for from the individuals, families and communities that are Women International. We will not take your support for most directly affected. WfWI has demonstrated that granted and we will work diligently to ensure that we fulfill change can also be effectively generated from the our promises to the women we serve and to the donors who bottom up. Through our Sponsorship Program, a woman make our work possible. and her sister begin a global conversation that helps to raise awareness of the status of women survivors of VOLUNTEERS war. This conversation helps build bridges of mutual Thank you to our volunteers who provided nearly 4,500 respect and understanding, and it inspires us to echo hours of service in 2009. Your contributions are crucial the voices of our sisters and lead change in our own to our achievements. lives, families and communities.

18 Participants and Sponsors

In 2009, sponsors and their sisters exchanged Direct Aid and Microcredit Loans Distributed: 104,787 letters. $16,606,947

Direct Aid Microcredit Loans Number of Active Participants: 1993...... $11,515 ...... $0 68,728 core program, 19,788 microcredit clients 1995...... 94,903 ...... 0 1997...... 177,697 ...... 50,330 1999...... 156,730 ...... 340,686 Number of Participants Served 2001...... 692,215 ...... 756,979 1993...... 34 2003...... 1,471,909 ...... 1,402,738 1995...... 395 2005...... 2,234,032 ...... 5,888,794 2007...... 3,838,746 ...... 14,633,856 1997...... 740 2009...... 4,372,814 ...... 12,234,132 1999...... 653

2001...... 3500 Total Number of Sponsors...... 40,286 2003...... 3,213 % of Sponsors in US ...... 91.64 2005...... 30,202 % of Sponsors, International ...... 8.36 % of Sponsors, 3 or more years...... 31.81 2007...... 48,908 % of Sponsors with 2 or more sisters...... 9.01 2009...... 68,728

19 Where Our Sponsors Are From

2009 SPONSORS BY COUNTRY Jordan...... 18 American Samoa ...... 1 Korea, Republic of ...... 7 Antigua and Barbuda ...... 1 Kuwait ...... 2 Australia...... 175 Lebanon...... 3 Austria...... 12 Luxembourg...... 3 Bahamas...... 1 Macau ...... 1 Bahrain ...... 2 Malaysia...... 4 Barbados ...... 2 Malta ...... 1 Belgium...... 5 Mexico ...... 16 Bermuda ...... 28 Montenegro...... 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina...... 1 Netherlands ...... 57 Brazil...... 26 New Zealand...... 34 Bulgaria...... 1 Norway...... 27 Cambodia ...... 1 Oman ...... 2 Canada ...... 2,280 Pakistan ...... 1 Cayman Islands ...... 3 Philippines ...... 2 China ...... 15 Portugal ...... 9 Costa Rica ...... 3 Qatar...... 2 Croatia ...... 4 Romania ...... 3 Cyprus ...... 3 Saudi Arabia ...... 4 Czech Republic...... 3 Scotland...... 2 Denmark ...... 20 Singapore ...... 19 Egypt...... 1 South Africa ...... 12 El Salvador ...... 1 Spain...... 12 Finland ...... 6 Swaziland ...... 1 France...... 49 Sweden...... 16 Germany ...... 33 Switzerland ...... 23 Greece ...... 2 Taiwan...... 4 Grenada...... 1 Thailand ...... 1 Guadeloupe ...... 1 Trinidad and Tobago ...... 4 Iceland...... 11 Turkey ...... 4 India ...... 3 Turks and Caicos Islands...... 2 Indonesia ...... 4 United Arab Emirates...... 26 Ireland...... 19 United Kingdom ...... 282 Israel ...... 12 United States ...... 36,917 Italy ...... 15 Virgin Islands (British)...... 1 Japan ...... 15 TOTAL ...... 40,286

20 Where Our Sponsors Are From

2009 US SPONSORS BY STATE New York ...... 3,568 Alabama ...... 132 North Carolina ...... 789 Alaska...... 163 North Dakota ...... 32 Arizona ...... 714 Ohio...... 753 Arkansas...... 113 Oklahoma...... 167 California ...... 7,013 Oregon ...... 1,153 Colorado...... 1,244 Pennsylvania...... 1,226 Connecticut ...... 618 Puerto Rico...... 16 Delaware ...... 79 Rhode Island ...... 140 District of Columbia ...... 365 South Carolina...... 232 Florida ...... 1,505 South Dakota...... 52 Georgia...... 705 Tennessee...... 327 Hawaii...... 207 Texas...... 1,835 Idaho ...... 184 Utah...... 235 Illinois ...... 1,680 Vermont...... 142 Indiana...... 433 Virgin Islands...... 27 Iowa ...... 211 Virginia...... 1,116 Kansas ...... 221 Washington ...... 1,608 Kentucky...... 191 West Virginia ...... 53 Louisana...... 156 Wisconsin...... 643 Maine...... 237 Wyoming ...... 64 Maryland...... 911 Expatriates and military...... 109 Massachusetts ...... 1,157 TOTAL ...... 36,917 Michigan...... 860 Minnesota...... 725 Mississippi...... 54 Missouri...... 490 Montana ...... 130 Nebraska...... 108 Nevada...... 212 New Hampshire...... 217 New Jersey...... 1,301 New Mexico...... 294

21 Women for Women International 2009 Leadership

COUNTRY DIRECTORS US BOARD OF DIRECTORS Faiza Alaraji, Iraq Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women Ngozi Eze, Nigeria International Berra Kabarungi, Rwanda Mary Menell Zients, Chair of the Board, Women for Christine Karumba, DRC Women International; Board Chair, Urban Alliance Hamide Latifi, Kosovo Foundation Sweeta Noori, Afghanistan Amjad Atallah, Co-Founder of Women for Women Karak Nyok, Sudan International; Director, Middle East Task Force, New Seida Saric, Bosnia and Herzegovina American Foundation Andrea Bernstein Jewelle Bickford, Senior Strategist, GenSpring Family Offices GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TEAM Lucy Billingsley, Co-Founder of Billingsley Company Zainab Salbi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Katherine Borsecnik, Member, Executive Committee, Andrée Simon, President and Chief Operating Officer Women for Women International; Former President of Erika Lubensky, Chief of Staff Products and Programming, America Online, Inc.; and Charlie Winters, Global Chief Financial Officer Founder of the Ebb Point Foundation Karen Sherman, Executive Director of Global Programs Jan Brandt, Former Vice Chair and Chief Marketing Kate Nustedt, Executive Director, Women for Women Officer for America Online, Inc. International - UK Leigh Comas, Global Service Delivery Manager, Erica Tavares, Director of Institutional Advancement Computer Sciences Corp. Alison Wheeler, Director of Marketing Christine Fisher, Chair of UK Trustees, Women for Nicole Weaver, Chief Information Officer Women International Mara Dell, Executive Director, Human Resources Karen Fitzsimmons, Partner, BDO Seidman’s 22 Photo courtesy of Jenny Mathews Women for Women International 2009 Leadership

Assurance Division Dr. Naila Kabeer, Research Fellow, Institute of Deborah L. Harmon, President of Harmon & Co. and Development Studies Principal of Caravel Management LLC Karen Thomson, Former President of AOL Europe Dr. Kedi Letlaka-Rennert, Diversity Advisor for the Lady Anne Greenstock, Ditchley Foundation International Monetary Fund Diana Saghi Danuta Lockett, Senior Advisor, Victims of the Torture Fund Mercedes Zobel Sharon Marcil, Senior Partner and Managing Director, Jewelle Bickford, Senior Strategist, GenSpring Family The Boston Consulting Group Offices Len Middleton, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneur- Liz Padmore, Former Partner, Accenture ship at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADVISORS Barbara Perlmutter Karen Armstrong, Author of several books on religious Nancy Rubin, Former Ambassador and U.S. Representa- affairs, including “The Battle for God” (UK) tive to the UN Commission for Human Rights Aloisea Inyumba, Governor of Kigali-Rural Prefect, Re- Cynthia Ryan, Principal, The Schooner Foundation public of Rwanda Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook Alice Walker, Activist and author of several books Lekha Singh including “The Color Purple” Elizabeth Clark Zoia, Media and Marketing Consultant Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) UK TRUSTEES Christine Fisher, Trustee Chair GLOBAL AMBASSADOR Chris Abele, President and CEO, Argosy Foundation Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of the Hashemite Celia Cattelain Kingdom of Jordan 23 Photo courtesy of Les Stone Women for Women International 2009 Leadership

LEADERSHIP CIRCLES Kimberly Bishop Global Leadership Circle Binta Brown Co-Chairs Lois Chiles Jewelle Bickford Fiona Druckenmiller Mary Menell Zients Kimberly Greenberg Sasha Heinz Dallas Leadership Circle Penelope Holmes Chair Leilani Johnson, Kinray, Inc Lucy Billingsley, Billingsley Company Linda Kaye Los Angeles Leadership Circle Morley Klausner Michelle Lasser Co-Chairs Sandra Meyer Aileen Adams Pat Mitchell, Paley Center For Media Heidi Schulman Veronique Pittman, Pittman Family Foundation Julie Waxman Christine Reilly, Cit Group Inc. Grace Richardson New York Leadership Circle Anne Stetson Co-Chairs Margaret Stevens Barbara Perlmutter Alexandria Stewart Diana Rowan Rockefeller, Afghan Women Meryl Unger Leaders Connect Lynn Shanahan, C2 Group Sandra Wijnberg, Aquiline Holdings Llc

Members San Francisco Leadership Circle Co-Chairs Leighanne Baker Charlene Harvey Lucy Paige Billingsley Ranny Riley 24 Women for Women International 2009 Leadership

Members Patrice Brickman Andrea Batista Paula Carreiro Elizabeth Colton Kristina Catto, Catto Charitable Foundation Anne Riley Crafting Africa’s Future Leslie Wittmann Susan Fant Shelly Galli Washington, DC Leadership Circle Lisie Gottdenker Co-Chairs Lisa Gunty Lisa Bernstein Jane Harmon Deborah Harmon, Harmon And Company Manisha Kapani Julia Tolkan Kristen Khanna Gardiner Lapham Advisory Board Members Amy Meltzer Marcella Cohen Patrice Miller Ann Marie Etergino Virginia Moseley Denise Glassman Penny Pritzker, Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation Victoria Joseph Sheri Rosenfeld Alison Shulman Nancy Rubin Kathryn Stewart Cynthia Ryan, Schooner Foundation Beth Wolfe Deborah Ratner Salzberg Elizabeth Shepard Members Sissy Yates Diane Bernstein Linda Youngentob 25 Photo courtesy of Les Stone Major Contributors

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Trinnie Barker, Heather Kathleen Boyes Celia Cattelain Tanja Aalto Rieff and Margaret McGarry Patricia Branch, in honor Veronica Cazarez Mona Abdel-Halim Dorian Baroni of Cynthia Wilson, Lisa J F Cecilion Rosalind Abernathy Deborah Basinger, in honor Branch and Tara Elston Julie Ceratto, in honor of the Hannah Abrams, in honor of Karen Sutherland, Jan Brandt Clients of Harvest Financial of Marianne B. Abrams Jennifer Basinger, Kelly Sophie D Bray Debs Chande Ghazwa Abu-Suud Basinger and Amy Novellino Jane Brewer Dee Chapon Aileen Adams and Geoffrey Anne Bass Gail Britton Avis Charles Cowan Cecily Bastedo Sarah Brokaw Theresa Cheng Rodney Addison Andrea Batista Ruth Broome Polly Cherner Shirley Adler Beverly Battle Dr. Kristina Brovig Anonymous Avery Agnelli Lisa Battle Chad Brown Sheila Chidiac Meena and Liaquat Ahamed Mona Baumgartel and James Brown Lois Chiles Dala Al Duwaisan John DeBeer Joann Brown Claudia Christian Anonymous Matthew Beaumont Constance Broz Maria Church Joan Alexander Jennifer Bell Ronald Bruder James Clay KC Alexander Lady Primrose Bell Elsa Brule Lisa Claycomb Kay Allaire Mary-Anne Bellamy David Buck Rev. Charlotte Cleghorn Jennifer Allan Soros Nancy Bennett Nina Buckley Martha Clifford Nanette Allen James and Tarita Benzoni Emma Bucknall Katharine Cloud Patricia Allen Richard Bergault Aviva Budd Pat Cochrane Loulah Al-Sager Brook Berlind Elaine Bueffel Karen Cohen Michael Altman and Craig Bernfield, in honor Miriam Buhl, in honor of Ralph Cohen Alexandria Stewart of Deborah Harmon Ed Buhl and Lynn Minton Matthew Cohler Mr. and Mrs. Altschuler Andi and Tom Bernstein Melinda and Roland Burbank Elizabeth Coker Salman Amin Lisa and Josh Bernstein Jeannie Burke Greg and Karen Conway Faranak Amirsaleh Tamara and Brad Bernstein Sally Burlington Melissa Cook Linda Amundson Tasneem Bhatia Mrs. Burstein Michael and Catherine Michelle Anderson Jean Luc and Joelle Nan Bush, in honor of Dawn Coscia Victoria Anderson Biamonti Boller, Julie Britt, Elyse Linda Coughlin Cecelia Anderson-Malcolm Jewelle and Nathaniel Connolly and Frances Grill Rex Cowan, in honor of Priscilla Annamanthodo Bickford Pamela Buzbee Michaela Cowan, Jennifer Matiki Anoff Hyman and Marietta Bielsky Georgia Byng Cowan and Doris Cowan Anonymous Peter and Kjestine Bijur Meghan Byrne Melissa Crawford Anonymous Lucy Billingsley Susan Caldwell Marla Crockett Caroline Anton-Smith Lucy P. Billingsley Angela Cali Leslie Cross Christine Arnerich Clara Bingham and Alexis Call, in honor of Karen Crow, in honor Sawsan Asfari David Michaelis Kristin Knight of Sheryl Sandberg Anonymous Joan Bingham Maureen Callan Mary Crowe Debora Ashland Sharon Bistline Donna Callejon and Sally Csontos Edward and Celia Atkin Stephen Bitar Deborah Whiteside Gay Culverhouse Christine Atkins and Michael Lisa Blau Lavinia Calza Bonni and Pete Curran Cameron Myriam Blundell Catherine Cameron and Stephane and Laurence Wanda and Robert Auerbach Sophie Boels Stuart Oskamp Custot Anne Aversa Linda Boggess Beverley Campbell Debra Dalby LeighAnne Baker Anne and Dr. Jamie Grifo Michaela Caraffa Robin D'Alessandro William Baker Cynthia Bost Susan and H.Randall Carter Luciana Damon Sharon Baldwin Fernando Botero Barbara Case Pamela Daniels Beth and Steven Bangert Elena Bowes Roberta Case Patricia Danner Carol Barker, in honor of Anonymous Geraldine Casey Lydia D'arcy Irvine 26 Major Contributors

Leanne Darling Rema Dupont Thomas Fontaine Karlene Grange Natasha Davenport Christine Dupre, in honor Eric Ford Lisa Granger Deborah David of Kress Durfee, Patricia Amy Fox Odile Granter Jim Davidson and Melanie Blaine, Pam Durfee and Nicole Francis Jeanne Green Pease Helen Durfee Anonymous Suzanne Green, in memory Mary Davidson Silja and Eric Durant Alexandra Fraser of St. Clair Peery Green Sharon and Christopher Davis Shari Dyer Natasha Freidus Myrna and Stephen Rosanne Day Peggy Earle Jeannette French Greenberg Carol De Boer Nina Easton Carol Frick Suzanne Greene Olivier de Grivel Sophia Eberhart Ellen Friedlander Helen Greenspan Henri de Liedekerke Martin Edelman Helen Friedman Lady Anne Greenstock Suzanne Deal Booth Lynn and Wesley Edens Susan and Alan Friedman John Griffith Laura DeBonis Cheryl and Blair Effron Tom Fuhrman Kimberly Grigsby, in honor of Susan Decker Candice Eggers and Evi Fullenbach Patricia Fiddner, Kathy Du- Alison Deighton Steve Beck Rachel Fusco mont and Rebecca Scanlon Catherine DeMassiac and Anonymous Kathleen Gaffney Anne Grissinger Pedro Figueredo Anonymous Ruth Galanter Pamela Grissom Sylviane and Frank Destribats Christina Elkins Brenda and Frank Gallagher Raymond Grzybowski and Yvonne Destribats Suzanne Ellis Patrick Gallagher Cheryl Ewing Lisa Deupree Anne Ellsworth Suzanne Galli Carmen Guerrero Jamie Deutsch Rasha Elmasry Karen Garby Margaret Guidici Abby Dewald Anita Ensor Annie Garcia Regina Hablutzel Estate of Angela Di Rubba Sharon Gnatt Epel Gracia Gardner Lillie Hackney Ashley Diamond Anne Esbenshade Fiona and Andy Garland Carl Haefling Mary Dickie Jennifer Esencourt Constance Garvey Rita Haft Linda Diehnelt Ann Marie Etergino Will Gates Jeanne Hagadone and Martha Dinerstein Emily Eubanks LaRae Gayler Steve Kemsley Abigail Disney Mandy Evans Tanya and Montgomery Mary Haggett Susan D'lugos Thomas and Barbara Gearhart Nancy and John Hahn Andrea Donahue Fabricius Andrea Gelardin Patricia Hall Lisa Donahue and John Susan Fant Jaclyn Gerstein Leigh Hallingby Patton Susan Faresh Alessia Giangreco Patricia Hallstein Edward and Niki Donohue Tara Farrelly Jennifer Gilbert Anonymous A. Belongia Donovan Anne and David Fass Patricia Gilberts Liz and Todd Hammer Dr. Ronald and Beth Kathleen Feeney Beth Gitlin Courtney Hansen Dozoretz Leigh Feldman Denise Glassman Debbie Harmon Andrea Dreesman Sharon Feldstein Rhoda and Dan Glickman Jane Harmon Eileen Drew Joyce Fieldsteel Jacqui Goekjian Fiona and Stanley Guido Filippa Sheherazade Goldsmith D. Zilpah Harounoff Druckenmiller Martin Finegold Samdar Goldstein Susan Harrington Dina Dublon Warren and Juliet Finegold Veronica Gomez-Lobo Maxine Harris Stephen DuBrul, Jr. Lori Finkel Victoria Gomez-Trenor Dr. Patricia Harrison Christine Dueck, in honor Audrey Finley Penelope Goodfriend Mrs. Charlene C. Harvey of Jeanne Danning, Karen Lois M. Fish Gwen Goodkin Harriet Hashimoto Kretz, Patrice Belmaster, Christine and Todd Fisher Faye Goodwyn Paul Hastings Marie Copeland and Paula Laura Fitzsimmons Judy Gordon Oona Hathaway and Swavely Katherine Flanagan Richard Gordon Jacob Hacker Lisa Duke Monika Flood Sonia Gordon Tracy Hatlestad, in honor of Peggy Dulany Patricia Flores James Goudie Kelli Reitzel, Anna Dill, Ash- Angela Dunbar Gregory Fonseca Heather Graham ley Irl, Jordan Hessenius 27 Major Contributors

Elizabeth and Henry Colleen Johnson Sarah Koss Edwina Lodree Hawkinson Leilani Johnson Jeannie Kountouris Michele Lommel Peter and Laura Hayden Mari and Steven Johnson Robin Kramer Rachel Lovejoy Kristen Hazel Tana Johnson Annette Krassner Dr. and Mrs. Charles Lowery Maureen Healy-Falencki Valerie Johnson Karen Kretz, in honor of Gigi Lady Hannah Lowy Mitchell Laura Heard Jane Jones Wallin, Lisa Kandis Danskin, Tamara Lundgren Nancy Hechinger Jim Jones Christy Dueck, Anita Gina Robert Lurie Kathy Heintzman Mary Jane Jones Pry and Geralyn Pavia Rose Lynch and James Alexandra Heinz Anonymous Stephanie Kugelman and Torrey Sasha Heinz Elizabeth Jordon Edward Vick Joyce Ma Annette Henry Justin Jordon Richard Kuhn and Annie Maarleveld Barbara Herjanic Victoria Joseph Kay Tarapolsi Anne MacPherson Lynda and Rex Hermsmeyer Stevan Jovanovic Lisa Kunstadter Ginger Mallard Caryn Mandabach Connie Hershey Judy Judd Susan West-Kurz and Barbara Manger Natalie Hershlag Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Clifford Kurz Maryparke Manning Diana Hester Carol Kabureck Maha Kutay Erin Maranjian Maria Heuze Isabel Kallman Barbara Kyse Sharon Marcil Frances Hieronymus Anonymous Catherine La Grange Susan Marcinek Hannah Hill Manisha Kapani Carolyn Lackey Karen Marcou Peter Hirsch Ekaterini Kapiotis Susan Lacoste Francois Marcq Ella Hirst Marilyn Kaptain-Dahlen Donna Lancia Sofia Marion Zelma Hirst Donna Karan Caroline Lang Peter Marsh Estate of Diane Hoag Darcie Kassewitz Emmanuel and Henrietta Kathy Marshall Lady Fiona Hodgson Florence Kaufman Langley James Martin Debi Hoffmann Linda Kaye Nora Lankes Jean Martin Pen Holder Cynthia Keefe Lisa Larson Saey Martine Jeffrey Holmes Anonymous Jeanne Larssen Roberta Mason Karin Holser Jenny Kemps Michelle Lasser Libby Massey Winifred Holzman-Dooley Jill Keogh Ruby Lawrence Yolanda Matthews, in honor and Paul Dooley Munirah Khalifa Megan Leboutillier of Ruth Evans Matthews David Hoover Amed Khan Lara and Lee LeBrun Lia and Dana Matthow Roni Horn Samina Khan In memory of Sarah Magaly Mauer Anonymous Seema Khan O'Rourke LeCates Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson Isabelle Hotimsky Umesh Khimji Aileen Lee Leni May Kimberly Hruby Jean Kim Mary Leicht Becky Mayer Judy and Glenn Hudgens Sungjoo Kim Myra Lemon Mary Mazur Ali Hue-Williams Jena and Michael King Dominique Lesourd Mrs. Mazzocchi Arianna Huffington Kitly and William Kirby Penny Levin Elizabeth McClintock Fayez Ibbini Albert Kirschbaum Loren Levine Julie McDermott Jill and Kenneth Iscol Meg Kiuchi Morelle I. Levine Pamela McGreevy Linda Jackson Morley Klausner Barbara Lidsky Sabrina and Cleon McKnight Patricia Jackson Stephanie Klein Peponis Barri Lieberman Ruth McLean Bowers Carol Jacobi Christine Kloser Bradley Lindenbaum Karen McVoy Christine Jacobs Linda Knight Dr. Deborah E. Lindsey Marilyn Mead Christina Jennings Abigail Knott Stephanie Listokin Rose Medina Ulla Jensen Andrea Knowles Diana Liu, in honor of Debo- Sonya Melescu Jim Jerome, in honor of Joel George and Ruth Koch rah Harmon Amy Meltzer Silver, Allen Horn and Jeff Julilly Kohler Deborah Lloyd and Craig Anonymous Robinov Nancy Komick Leavitt Monica Menell-Kinberg, Chandra Jessee Janie and Jason Konidaris Danuta Lockett in honor of Sasha Zients 28 Photo courtesy of Jenny Mathews Major Contributors

Beena Menon Ralph and Ann Nelson, in Jeanne Piepe, in honor of Lisa Gilbert, Priscilla Margot Mercier honor of Jennifer Nelson of Marian Bramble Lochansingh, Tina LoGiu- Ramin and Mersedeh Mesriani and Elizabeth Secrist Kimberly Pinkson, in honor dice, Dustin LeVasseur, Mary Metz Stewart Nestor of Kirsten Bollen, Katherine Bryan Grossbauer, Wendy Doris Meyer Lynn Nicholas VanDusen and Amy Westerburg Sandra Meyer Connie Nielsen, in honor Fierstein Kelly Rodgers Trisha Meyer of Marsha, Zelda and Gillette Piper Mary Jane Rodgers Louise Middleton Cody Williams Carole Pittelman Florence Rogers, in honor Carol Miller Matthew Nigg Jean Pitzo of Romney Rogers Janet Miller Susan Nordyke-Smith Helen Plante Rayme Romanik Laura and Justin Miller Maureen O'Brien Sullivan Kirsten Poler Tracy Ronzio Tollie Miller Carolyn O'Connor Stacy Polley Andrea Rosen Susan Miller Patricia O'Connor Helen Porter Judith Rosenberg Joselyn Mini Maura Odell Lyndsey Posner Anonymous Maryam Mirghavameddin Leslie Oelsner Sheila Prakash, in honor Claire Rosenfield Elizabeth and Ashley Mitchell Bradley O'Halla of Mona Rametra, Nirmala Mary Sue Rosenthal and Kathyrn Mitchell Catherine O'Halloran Rametra and Seema Wasil JoAnn Cohn Anne Mize Lydia Okello Lauren Prakke Anne Rotman Gerard and Paulette Mizrahi Patricia O'Kieffe Devon Preston, in honor of Diana Rowan Susan Molinda Patti O'Neill April Danz, Nadine Danz, Janet Rowe Thomas Monahan Tamara Orput Rebecca Preston, Margaret Nancy and Miles Rubin Lulette Monbiot Barbara Osbon Blachly, Sis Barnes and Rosina Rubin Medora Monigold Joan Osborne Emma Dillon Shelley and Donald Rubin Christine Monks Anna Ostholthoff Michael Puckett Paul and Jill Ruddock Sam Morgan Jo Ousterhout Robin Puro Sue Rushmore Ian Morley Paul Ouzts Barbara Quilty Virginia Rusinak Lea Morrison Jeanna Owens Phillip Quinn Beth Rustin and Lee Stettner Margaret Morrison and Larry Anonymous Lemoine Radford, in memory Kibbie Ruth, in honor of Heuer Evelyn Pacheco of Frederick Afman Hunter Steele Stoval Andrew Morse Liz Padmore Sandi Ramsey Hattie Ruttenberg and Jon Claudia and Douglas Morse Pia Padukone Lyle Ramshaw Molot Tom Nides and Lisa Pagliaro-Selz and Bob Rapoza Nancy Rutter Clark and Virginia Moseley Bernard Selz Ramzy and Maya Rasamny Christopher Dewey Patricia Moser Ginger Pape Jemma Read Charles Ryan Jennifer Moses and Katya Partan Massimo Redaeilli Susan Ryan Ron Beller Suzanne Passavant Betty and Gerard Regard Carolyn Sabat James Moskovitz Jean Pastre Christine Reilly Theresa Sackler Jennifer Mosley Paul and Lauri Pastrone Alison Reiser Tina Sadler Melissa Moss Karen Patinkin Jami and Tony Ressler Diana Saghi Nancy Moyle Greg and Ann Pease Polly Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Georges Saier Joan Mulcahy, in honor Andrew and Sabrina Perel Shirely Reynolds Rock Mark Sainsbury of Heather Addison Barbara Perlmutter Susan Rice and Ian Deanne Sakaguchi Mary Ann Mullaney Yannick Perreve Cameron Dania Sakka Anonymous Sarah Peter C. J. Richards-Carty Shade Annika Salame Ellen Murphy Deirdre Peterson Grace Richardson Sheri Salata Leslie Murphy Denise Peterson Anonymous Zainab Salbi Andy Nahas Kathleen Peto Lisa Rico Liz Salett Louise Nathan Rachael Pettus Anne Riley Karen Saltus Guilda Navidi-Walker Maria Pfeffer Luna Riley Deb and Michael Salzberg Joshua Nelson Susan Phillips Shaiza Rizavi, in honor Marina Samen 29 Major Contributors

Sheryl Sandberg and David Izetta Smith and Ellen Grace Terlecki Sandra Wijnberg Goldberg Goldberg Judith Terlizzi and Lisa Wiley Marlene Sapinsley Jill Smith and Pearse Umlauf John Murray Claire Willis Jeanette Sarkisian-Wagner Kerry Smith Barbara and Peter Gavin Wilson Pamela and Dick Sauber Linda Smith Thompson Marcia Wilson Lady Avril Shelley Sawers Michelle Smith Donna Thomson Mary Anne Wilson Barbara Sayre Casey Ruthanne Smith Barrie Thorne Charlie Winters Georgia Schall Susan Smudz Amy Ng Thow Hing Leslie Wittmann Douglas B. Schaper Jean and Garrett Snipes Wendy Tinter Beth Wolfe Elise Scheck Bonwitt and Molly Snyder Ancella and Tom Toldrian Jacqueline Wolfe Gil Bonwitt Laurie Solomon, in honor of Julia Tolkan Diane Wong and Scott Joana Schlieman Doris O'Connell Virginia Torrance French Virginia Schlosser Gillian Sorensen Margaret Traub Stephanie Wong Roberta Louise Schmitt Stephanie Spangler Michael Trippiedi Barbara Wood Heidi Schulman and Nancy Spaulding Joanna and Steve Tschudy Becky Wood Michael Kantor Lauren Speeth Susan Unger Marie Woodbury and Elizabeth Schulte Anonymous Jolana Vainio Daniel Claiborn Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Ellen Sprouse Valeh Vakili Louisa Wright Tierry Sciard Gabriela Stadler Mary Margaret Valenti Martha Wright Tania Scotti Mae Stadler Star Vankriedt Esther Wynter Herschel Seder, in honor Michael Stake Linden Vaughan Linda Yerrill, in honor of Bud of Debbie Harmon Susan Stanton Vickie Vetter Scruggs and Scottie Brownsberger Andrew Senior Barbara Stauner Suzanne Viemeister Andrew Seputis Anna Yesilevsky Elizabeth Steele Jeanne Voigt Pankaj Shah Rebecca Young, in honor Monica Steinle Agatha Von Finck Lynn Shanahan of Betty Jean Young Rebecca Stein-Wexler Regina von Planta Ann Shannon Cynthia Yung Diane and Norval Stephens Katherine and William Drs. Alan and Ronda Zients Martha Yunis, in honor of Kristin Sterling Waddill Brigid Sheehan Aimee Ferrer, Amanda Susan Sterling and Ed Myers Barbara Wallner, in honor Carole and David Shelby Ferrer and Rebeca Ferrer Nicholas Stern, Lord Stern of of Debbie Harmon Jane Sherburne Leyla Yuzbashova Brentford, KT, FBA Carol and Cooper Walls Karen Sherman and Bill Lois Zenkel Margaret Stevens Mary Ann Walsh and Wasserman Mary Menell and Frances Stewart Richard Carter Susan Shields Jeffrey Zients Jessica Stewart Jessica Wardle Alexandra and Michael Shuman J Zirinsky Kathryn Stewart Kate Warren Karen Shuman Anne Zishka Jean Stierman Josephine Wasney Humaira Siddiqi Anonymous Leila Straus Joanna Waterous Martha Siegel Elizabeth and Adam Zoia Patricia Strausbaugh Kathy Watt Rosemarie and David Siegel David Zwirner Carolyn Strauss Julie Waxman and Seth Sala Sihombing Anonymous Andree Simon Stacy Strehlow Freeman Valerye and Adam Strochak Daniel Weaver Barbara and Daniel Sinclair CORPORATE AND Victoria Strong Dr. Amy Wechsler Emily Singer FOUNDATION DONORS Sara Sukalich Linda Weingarten Anonymous A Better Place Foundation Joan Sundstrom Gloria West Samantha Skove A Better World Fund Susan and Eric Skow Alisa Swidler Carol West-Butler A. Bauman Family Nicki Smaldone Debra Sykes Judy and Josh Weston Foundation, Inc. Amy Smith Ricki Syufy Alison Wheeler A. H. Gage Private Cherida Smith S. Kheng Tay Dana White Christopher and Susanne Diana Taylor Meredith Whitney Foundation Smith Laura-Neta Temple Anita and Byron Wien The Active Network, Inc. 30 Major Contributors

Adelson Family Foundation The Colton Fund of Tides The Fran and Ray Stark Kate Spade LLC Agua Fund of the Community Foundation Foundation Kaufmann Foundation Foundation of Collier Community Counselling George L.Ohrstrom, Jr. The Kiplinger Foundation, County Service Co., LLC Foundation Inc. Alavi Foundation Compton Foundation, Inc. Goldman Sachs Foundation Knox Family Foundation Alliance of RN First Conklin Family Foundation Goldman, Sachs & Co. Krehbiel Family Foundation Assistants, LLC Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Grace Jones Richardson Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, Alpern Family Foundation Corporate Foundation for Trust Inc. American Mortgage Service Women’s Dignity and Greater Milwaukee Founda- The Laurie M. Tisch Company Rights: PPR tion Foundation Andrassy Family Foundation The Cynthia and George Greater Milwaukee Founda- Lear Family Foundation Anonymous Corporate Mitchell Foundation tion's Susan M. Bauer Fund Lenox Corporation Foundation Danaher Corporation Greenleaf Trust The LePere Family The Antique Wine Company Danya International, Inc. Harpo Productions Foundation Arthur and Pollock Spiegel The David Vickter HBO Leslie and Michael Lebeau Foundation Foundation Helen and William Mazer Philanthropic Fund Beauty Society, Inc. Deane Fund of the Foundation Lisa See and Kendall Brill & Bekris Gallery Community Foundation Helen R. Buck Foundation Klieger LLP Bell-Clark Family Fund Serving Richmond and The Herb Block Foundation Lundin for Africa Society Bloomberg L.P. Central Virginia Hollione Foundation Magnifique Photography Boston Common Asset Delaney Family Foundation The Hopewell Fund The Marc Haas Foundation Management, LLC Fund of the Community Horwitz Family Fund Matakana Staging & Seating, The Boston Consulting Foundation for the National Howard Schreier Fund Inc. Group, Inc. Capital Region Humanity United McKenzie River Gathering Bridgewood Fieldwater Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Hunt Alternatives Fund Foundation Inc. Indivudual Trustee Foundation Michael Dunitz Crisis Diane von Furstenberg Discretionary Grant, of the Brighton Collectibles Foundation Inc Studio, L.P. W. Clement and Jessie V. The Brimstone Fund The Mohit-Blachford Family The Ebb Point Foundation, Stone Foundation C. Maude Wrigley Foundation Inc. Irwin Belk Educational Foundation The Morton K. and Jane Echo Fund Foundation Cablevision Blaustein Foundation, Inc. The Eddie and Jo Allison Jacqueline Hoefer Fund The Calf Island Foundation Naddisy Foundation, Inc Smith Family Foundation, James and Mignon Groch Narnia Foundation Campbell Scientific, Inc. Inc. Fund of the Chicago New Hampshire Charitable The Capital Group Compa- Eileen Fisher Foundation Community Trust Foundation nies Charitable Foundation E.J. Wexler Gift Fund of Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Newman Charitable Trust Carlo & Micol Schejola the Minneapolis Foundation Lehman Foundation Newman Tanner Foundation Foundation Elizabeth G. Butler Angel's Jane Decker Asmis Trust Carlson Family Foundation, Fund Jo and Mindy Gray Family The News Corporation Inc. Elno Family Foundation Foundation Foundation Cascade Foundation Epic Systems Corporation The Joan and Lewis Platt NoVo Foundation Catto Charitable Foundation The Fern L. Holland Foundation O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Charles Foundation Charitable Foundation Joan Fait Glidden Trust Organic Bouquet Charitable Trust Fisher-Cummings Family Jonathan C.S. Cox Family P. J. Dempsey Family Fund Charles Street Securities Fund Foundation of the Princeton Area Investment Bankers Flipanthropy Inc. Journey Charitable Community Foundation Citigroup Inc. Foundation Open Society Foundation The Pajama Party Coach Foundation, Inc. Institute Joyce Fund PepsiCo 31 Major Contributors

Peter and Patricia Gruber the Silicon Valley Winton Capital Management Sempra Employee Giving Foundation Community Foundation Limited Network Peter Gabriel Trust Sharon Davis Design Studio Women In Cable T. Rowe Price Associates The Philanthropic Staff, in honor of Sharon Telecommunications Foundation Collaborative, Inc. Davis Zerofootprint United eWay Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Sherburne Van Heuvelen United Way of New York City Fund of the Silicon Valley Charitable Investment Fund MATCHING GIFTS Visa Giving Station Community Foundation Shri Yoga, LLC. Adobe Systems Incorporated Wells Fargo Community Piersol Foundation, Inc. Silva Watson Moonwalk Matching Gifts Program Support Campaign All State Giving Campaign The Pink Edge, Inc. Fund America's Charities COMMUNITY Pittman Family Foundation The Silver Mountain Foundation Amgen Foundation Matching ORGANIZATIONS Popli Khalatbari Charitable Sister Fund Gift Program Carmelite Monastery Foundation Soroptimist International AT&T United Way Employee Carondelet High School The Powers Foundation, Inc. Sotheby's Auction House Giving Campaign First Church In Wenham Prior Family Foundation The Spohler Foundation Bank of America Matching Congregational Pritzker Traubert Family Steve Goldband and Ellen Gifts Fort Mason Center Foundation Konar Goldband Fund Black Rock Matching Gifts George Mason University Private Equity Foundation I, Stewart R. Mott Charitable Program Foundation Inc. Trust CFC/United Way Georgetown University Project Syndicate Still Point Fund Charles Schwab Foundation The Huntington Hotel Prudential Financial The Streisand Foundation - Employee Matching Gifts Michael Servetus Unitarian Reuben Foundation The Summit Fund of Program Universalist Fellowship Richard Nelson Ryan Washington Chevron Humankind Mt. Ararat High School Foundation The Tate Family Fund Matching Gift Program Oregon Episcopal School Robert and Sheri Rosenfeld Teitelbaum Family Charitable FACEBOOK-Online Progressive Awareness Fund of The Community Remainder Trust, in Aggragator Giving Project Syndicate Foundation for the National memory of Evelyn and Gap Foundation Gift Rotary Club of East Hartford, Capital Region Joseph Teitelbaum Matching Program Inc. Robert M. Schiffman Tides Foundation GE Foundation St Bedes Episcopal Church Foundation TisBest Charitable Gift Cards Give with Liberty Campaign St. Zepherin Catholic Church Global Giving Foundation Sweet Honey In The Rock The Rogers Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Pennington School Ross Goobry Charitable Inc. United Nations High Matching Gift Program Unitarian Universalist Trust Commissioner for Refugees Google Matching Gifts Fellowship of Falmouth The Ross Hoffman and United States Department of Program Unitarian Universalist Dorothy D. Crawford State, Bureau of Population, Important Gifts, Inc. Fellowship of Raleigh Charitable Giving Fund Refugees, and Migration JustGive.Org Women's Forum, College of Samuel and Grace Gorlitz Vivian A. Doyle Womens Maryland Charity Campaign the Holy Cross Foundation Foundation, in memory of Microsoft Matching Gifts Sarah Knowles Charitable Vivian A. Doyle Program HONORARIUMS AND Fund of the Greater Saint Vornado Realty Trust Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal OTHER DONORS Louis Community Foundation Wal-Mart Foundation Network for Good The Amber Chand Collection Schall Family Fund of The Well Point Associate Giving Pfizer United Way Campaign Foreign Policy Association Minneapolis Foundation Campaign Portland General Electric The Greatest Silence Schooner Foundation William C. Bannerman Company James A. Baker, III Institute Searing Brown Foundation, Foundation The Prudential Foundation Mary Baldwin College in honor of Victoria Parker Williams Group in honor of Matching Gifts The National Museum Of Segal Family Foundation, Inc. Lana Stojcic The Regence Employee Women in The Arts Shackleton Family Fund of Winelco, Inc. Giving Campaign Rice University 32 Photo courtesy of Les Stone Financials

WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES Consolidated Statement of Activities For the Year Ending December 31, 2009

Women for Women Women for Women For International Women Women Afghanstan Eliminating International (US) International (UK) Micro-Finance Entries Total REVENUE AND SUPPORT Individual contributions 18,707,607 1,593,154 - - $ 20,300,761 Foundation, multilateral & corporate contributions 6,687,535 20,225 575,828 - 7,283,588 Donated services 881,947 - - - 881,947 Micro-lending income - - 596,465 - 596,465 Government grants 412,163 - - - 412,163 Other income 191,552 66,103 2,089 (10,216) 246,528 Net foreign currency transaction gains (losses) 190,098 20,325 (33,160) - 207,107 Intercompany grant revenue 621,114 21,438 - (642,552) -

TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT 27,692,016 1,718,245 1,171,066 (652,768) 29,928,559

EXPENSES Program Services and related programs 15,981,520 841,953 - (642,552) 16,180,921 Micro-credit lending 23,998 - 1,058,911 1,082,909 Media, communications and outreach 421,122 - - - 421,122

16,426,640 841,953 1,058,911 (642,552) 17,684,952 Supporting Services Fundraising 4,042,589 485,044 - - 4,527,633 Finance and adminstration 2,102,298 288,350 104,277 - 2,494,925

TOTAL EXPENSES 22,571,527 1,615,347 1,163,188 (642,552) 24,707,510

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 5,120,489 102,898 7,878 (10,216) 5,221,049

Foreign Currency Translation Gains (Losses) (71,035) 42,291 (3,105) 5,443 (26,406) Net Assets, beginning of year 8,619,948 781,651 164,847 (164,874) 9,401,599 Net Assets end of year $13,669,402 $926,840 $169,620 ($169,620) $14,596,242

Revenue Expenses

Individual Contributors Program Services Foundation, multilateral and corporate contributions Fundraising

Micro-lending income Finance and Administration

Other income

Photo courtesy of Les Stone 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20008 T 202-737-7705 | F 202-737-7709 [email protected] www.womenforwomen.org

32-36 Loman Street London SE1 0EH UK T 020-7922-7765 | F 020-7922-7706 [email protected] www.womenforwomen.org.uk

Photo courtesy of Les Stone