The mission of Kinal Antzetik, a PWRDF partner working in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas, is to improve the lives of Indigenous …
Women Stories
Women of Wisdom and Conviction
Today Jose and I visited the Indigenous Women’s House (CAMI) in Chalchihuitan. We had the distinct pleasure to meet at CAMI a group of ten …
Midwives Improve Lives for Mothers and Children
PWRDF and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) worked together to support maternal and child health and preventive health programs in Bangladesh as part of …
PWRDF Receives Government of Canada Funding for Maternal and Child Health Project in Bangladesh
PWRDF is pleased to announce that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will be contributing $452,147 to PWRDF’s maternal and child health work in Bangladesh …
Congratulations, Keiskamma Trust
PWRDF congratulates the Keiskamma Trust, a PWRDF partner honoured with the Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Chairman’s Premier Award. This award recognizes sustained and …
Tsunami Files #13: Rising Above Caste
Asia Pacific Stories, Emergency Response Stories, Featured, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Sri Lanka, Tsunami Files, Women Stories
Diviabarity looks like many other teenagers- bright, curious, engaged with her friends and her studies. Diviabarity is a Dalit, known traditionally in the Indian scheduled …
Water: the Gift of Empowerment
Habiba Natenda lives in the village of Mtalikachau in rural Masasi, Tanzania. Each day, she had to walk 10kilometres to fill a 20 litre bucket …
Hope and Safety for Young Women in Burundi
The diocese of Bujumbura of the Anglican Church of Burundi has been a PWRDF partner since 1992. PWRDF is currently supporting the program carried out …