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Listening to What Women Want “We need to go to developing countries and work with the women there and learn what best practices are for them and what barriers there are for women to get an education and more,” says Suzanne York, who works as a writer for the Institute for Population Studies and contributes [...]

Adib is a Wiser.org Editor and WiserLocal organizer from Bangladesh. On Earth Day last year, he founded the first online green magazine in Bangladesh – GreenMagz. Adib shares how his dream of launching an environmental magazine came to life. By Adib Khondoker Ratul “In Bangladesh, I wasn’t able to find any platform where environmental professionals [...]

A focus by the Wiser.org community on women’s empowerment began in February, a month before International Women’s Day. This was the start of a deliberate campaign by members of Wiser.org to shine a light on inspirational women around the globe and to help build up discussions related to issues and inequalities that affect women each [...]

We are inaugurating our new blog series, Wiser’s Women of the Week, with the story of an extraordinary woman from Kenya named Halima. She was nominated by her friend Maryanne, a member of Wiser.org, who also wrote this article. Maryanne is currently a university student studying disaster management and humanitarian assistance. By Maryanne Muriuki When [...]

Wiser.org intern Jessica recently hosted her first WiserLocal in Beijing, China. First she tells us about her experience, and then she shares some of her learnings from organizing the gathering. Click here for the English version of this article.   Jessica and participants chose the topic “The Challenges and Difficulties for Graduating Women in China” [...]

Wiser.org recently celebrated its 75,000th member Dr. Dave Adams (PhD), founder of GoodWork Academy, based in Oxfordshire in the UK. After many years in the development field, Dave believes it is critical to “inspire ourselves to create the change that we want to see in the world.” He also believes that a focused network like [...]

It was a whirlwind of activity for Wiser.org’s Women Empowered group during the weeks leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8th. Women and men of all ages from over 25 different countries participated in discussions, sharing their thoughts on the importance of women’s empowerment, favorite quotes by women they admire, and much more. [...]

  Meet Emma De Masi, Wiser.org’s new Community Manager! Originally from Italy, Emma has worked in Europe and Brazil, and she comes to Wiser.org with a wealth of experience in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds. She sat down with us for an interview about her most recent experience working in the Rocinha favela of [...]