Interesting blogs, stories and experiences by our development workers.
Progressio development workers are experienced and professionally qualified specialists who offer skills, expertise and knowledge that is not available locally. The key role of our development workers is to transfer their skills and knowledge to our partner organisations. Together with the partner organisations, they work alongside local people, supporting them to find solutions to the problems they face.

Kailee Jordan (middle of the group at the table), Progressio’s Somaliland Country Representative and civil society members at the public launch of the ‘Amplifying Civil Society Voice on Gender-Based Violence in Somaliland’ research project, in Hargeisa
8 March 2017
Personal Experience: Kailee Jordan
Kailee Jordan, from Canada, is a Progressio development worker in Somaliland working as a Gender-...
Fragile states, Gender, Somaliland
Pictured: community members supported by a Progressio WASH project in Yemen. © Amira Al-Sharif/Progressio 2014
1 February 2017
Life in Yemen; a country devastated by ongoing conflict
An eye-opening blog by Abeer Al Absi, Yemen Country Representative for Progressio, on the harrowing...
Fragile states, Gender, Latest, Yemen
Pictured: Women collecting water in Zimbabwe, where a woman's role is often to become a wife and look after household chores.
1 December 2016
Tackling gender-based violence in Zimbabwe
Fiona Mwashita, Progressio’s Southern Africa Regional Manager, explains how socialisation, a...
Fragile states, Gender, Latest, Zimbabwe
Mother and child in a village Progressio supported, Somaliland.
1 December 2016
The challenges faced when trying to eliminate violence against women in Somaliland
Suad Abdi, Somaliland Country Representative for Progressio, describes the barriers and challenges...
Fragile states, Gender, Latest, Somaliland
Progressio ICS volunteers in Malawi help to raise awareness of women's and girls' rights through workshops with local communities
24 November 2016
How harmful social norms and poverty exacerbate the issue of violence against women in Malawi
Thomas Msiska, Malawi Country Representative for Progressio, explains how harmful social norms and...
Fragile states, Gender, ICS Malawi, Latest, Malawi, Policy
Women in Hodeidah prison playing with children from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the yard of the central prison. Photo credit: © Amira Al-Sharif/Progressio
19 July 2016
From abuse and imprisonment, to standing up for women's rights. Read Om Khalid's story.
Om Khalid, now 25 years old, was accused of adultery after being sexually abused by a man in her...
Fragile states, Gender, Latest, Yemen

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