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Swedish government funded aid organisation, We Effect, is today announcing a new 5-year programme in Cambodia. It will empower 40 000 farmers to fight poverty – with a focus on gender equality. – It is impossible to end poverty, without gender equality. Promoting equal rights to own land, earn money and be in leadership positions can […]

  How do you feel? – Wonderful, fun – and a bit nervous. It’s a big and important job and I’m very humble about the task. What is We Effect’s most important mission? – To reduce poverty and injustice! We will continue to work on what we do best, because we know that it works. […]

Maria Taddesse and Anneli Leina have been appointed new Regional Directors for We Effect in Southern Africa and Europe. Anneli Leina och Maria Tadesse Maria Taddesse becomes the new Regional Director for Southern Africa, posted to the We Effect Regional Office in Lusaka, Zambia. – This is a fantastic opportunity, and I really look forward […]

April 15th to 17th, representatives from all over the world meet in Stockholm to discuss how gender equality can be intensified. The Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality, will mobilise civil society, governments, private sector and academia from all over the world to intensify efforts for a gender equal world. We Effect and FAO (Food and […]

We Effect Eastern Africa is recruiting a Coordinator for Resource Mobilization. The job is a full-time position, open for Kenyan nationals, based in Nairobi on fixed term contract, until the end of 2018 with good possibilities of extension depending on budget. We Effect is a Swedish non-governmental organisation working in 25 countries. Our work focuses […]

Being a woman among mostly male farmers, can be a challenge. Everywhere in the world. Some countries have come further than others, but still women need to stay together and share experiences, to get access to the board rooms, and the same privileges as men. These experiences are shared by Lotta Folkesson and Elizabeth Nsimadala. […]