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  1. Crowd-sourcing Diplomacy

    Middle school children may seem like unlikely ambassadors, and even less likely global health advocates. However, an international, collaborative interagency initiative, called the Zika Education and Prevention Project, is empowering school children around the world to combat disease outbreaks.

  2. Slow and Steady Wins the Race

    Turtle Petals is revolutionizing sustainable plastics in Portugal.

  3. Shaking Up the Sustainability Game: Two AWE Alumni are Helping People Switch to Environmentally Friendly Products.

    (AWE) alumni Namrata Budhraja and Sukriti Verma are shaking up the sustainability game and helping people transition to eco-friendly products through their company Shift Eco.

  4. AWE Alumni in Vietnam is Transforming Banana Trees into Textiles

    An AWE Alumna entrepreneur in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital city, uses her country's famous banana trees as sustainable material for textile production.

  5. The UPS Foundation Opens Global Markets to AWE Alumni

    Implemented in nearly 100 countries since 2019, the Department of State’s Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) has empowered an estimated 25,000 women entrepreneurs around the world with the education and financial skills they need to reach their full economic potential. 

  6. Leveraging WhatsApp for Women-Led Business in Africa

    [Southern Africa, October 2022] Women entrepreneurs in three African nations got a boost for their businesses through a seminar with a top marketing executive from the social media platform WhatsApp, hosted by the U.S. government.

  7. A Conversation That Blossomed Into a Collaboration

    The “Entrelazando Experiencias” event created networking opportunities for 400 exchange alumni from 9 Latin American countries.

  8. American University Students Conduct First Student Led Virtual Exchange, and Connect with Students Around the World

    Twenty undergraduate students at American University’s School of International Service designed and piloted their own virtual exchanges with students from Brazil, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, Kenya and Morocco.

  9. “Museums in a Suitcase” Foster Understanding and Counter Violent Extremism in Libya  

    Due to the ongoing conflict, museums across Libya remain closed to protect their collections from looting and other damage.  As a result, many communities in Libya have lost a vital link to their country’s rich past that museums and public programming create.

  10. IWOC Recipients and Massachusetts Nurses Association Talk Challenges and Organizing Amidst COVID-19

    International Women of Courage (IWOC) awardees Sister Alicia Vacas Moro of Spain and Ana Rosario Contreras of Venezuela spoke with the President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) on April 14.

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