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The emergency aid provided by our partner PUI (Première Urgence Internationale) for the displaced Afghan people is in full swing. We are joining this emergency assistance effort and specifically supporting measures aimed at sexual and reproductive health.

Taliban rule is having an impact on the program work of Women's Hope and its partner organizations in Afghanistan. The challenges are great - but the small-scale successes for the women in the country are all the more important.

Climate change is not gender-neutral. It particularly affects girls and women. That is why gender justice and climate policy must be addressed together.

The drought crisis in the Horn of Africa shows that pregnant women, nursing mothers and their babies are particularly affected by climate change. Women's Hope tries to support those affected as much as possible.

Martin Leimgruber, co-founder of Women's Hope International, and Noemi Grossen, current Executive Director, talk in an interview about the social position of women, the responsibility of the state and current challenges in international cooperation.

Women's Hope International and the Chadian organization "Bureau d'Appui Santé et Environnement" have been working together for five years. We asked the director, Dahab Manoufi, how he experiences the partnership.

The best health care is of no use if it is not accessible. Together with the communities of the Ouaddaï region in Chad, Women's Hope and BASE have therefore developed a solution.

In this annual report, we look back on our project work in the past year, which was characterized by fragile contexts in our partner countries. However, thanks to the good cooperation with our local partners, we were able to continue with all our projects.

In recent months, the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan have once again been massively restricted. Despite the difficult conditions in Afghanistan, we are determined to continue our work for safe births.

Conditions in the Somali Region of Ethiopia are dire. The prolonged drought, resulting from three consecutive rain failures, has severely affected the lives and livelihoods of people in the Danod and Daratole districts in Somali Region.

We wrote an article on child marriage and teenage pregnancy for Medicus Mundi Switzerland. Read the article here.

Women's Hope asked two fistula survivors in Bangladesh how the birth injury changed their lives and how they continue to cope. Watch the videos here.

Women's Hope International aims to enable as many women as possible to give birth safely. We report on our maternal and child health project in the Somali region of Ethiopia.

Menstruation still carries many taboos around the world. As an important component of sexual and reproductive health, the topic of menstruation directly affects the work and concerns of Women's Hope.

Since 2019, Women's Hope has been running the project "Strengthened mother-child health care through involvement of village communities" in Chad. In this interview members of our partner organization BASE talk about their experiences.

Betseit Sisay, Women's Hope Country Director in Ethiopia, is convinced that organizations like Women's Hope can play important roles. Read her interview to learn more about opportunities and challenges for the work of Women's Hope International.