What you can do to celebrate International Women's Day
During the dry season in West Pokot, Kenya, women can now dig into the sand to fetch water stored in subsurface dams.
Photo: Stephen Speakman/CWS
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If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family. - Ruby Manikan
Learn how Church World Service celebrates International Women's Day
Women's education and status within their community are among the clearest indicators of a community’s vitality and well-being. CWS supports programs that give women the chance they deserve to improve their lives. From experience we know that investing in programs for women yields dividends for them, their family, and their entire community.
Read the stories
- Helping women become leaders in their communities
- A young woman triumphs over cultural resistance to education for women
- In the troubled West Bank, one of the benefits of a water project is improved status for women
 "Woman at the Well" olive wood ornament and gift card Photo: CWS
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Resources
Purchase the "Woman at the Well" olive wood ornament and gift card. The card has a picture of the ornament, a description of a water cistern program supported by CWS, and information on the water crisis in the West Bank and worldwide. Order online »
Drinking rain in the occupied West Bank
A woman is helping bring water to thirsty Palestinians with Church World Service support.
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Twice As Thirsty: Women, Children, and Water
In the struggle for life, women and children play a silent role in providing water for their families.
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Poisoned Skies, Troubled Waters
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How you can help
Donate to Church World Service
Tell the Senate that violence against women is not acceptable!
Attend Ecumenical Advocacy Days, (www.advocacydays.org) Mar. 8-10, in Washington, D.C.
- Attend the "Water for All" workshop to hear Deborah Katina, a CWS partner who coordinates the Kenya program that empowers women by improving access to water.