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Margaret McNamara Education Grants: Empowering...

Margaret McNamara Education Grants: Empowering Extraordinary Women’s Education
Date: October 26, 2021
MMEG - Margaret McNamara Education Grants: Empowering Extraordinary Women’s Education

WBGFN Response to the Covid-19 Crisis in India

WBGFN response to covid crisis in India.
Date: November 15, 2021
In May 2021 headlines around the world were highlighting the Covid-19 crisis in India. The WBG had to think about the welfare of thousands of staff and family members who had returned to India

Meet Laurence Telson—Coordinator for DAPP

An Interview with Laurence Telson—the Coordinator for DAPP
Date: October 15, 2021
I am honored to continue the legacy of the DAPP. My role as DAPP Coordinator is the cumulative of the experienced I have acquired professionally and in quasi-professional moments. 

Over The Transom - When the Door Closes, a...

Over The Transom - When the Door Closes, a Window Opens
Date: October 01, 2021
A regular day at the WBGFN office: English classes in session, conversations and interactions; only, it was eighteen months ago. Little did anybody know that we were about to venture into the unknown world of online teaching... 

Celebrating the Non-traditional Fathers

Ashik and his children
Date: June 18, 2021
Human lives are shaped by rules about how men and women are supposed to be: our ideas, choices, preferences, and behaviors....

Making a New Place Home

Making a new place home
Date: June 01, 2021
About 36,000 feet somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, my tears began to flow. I wasn’t surprised....

Does being a third culture kid better equip you...

Does being a third culture kid better equip you for events like COVID 19
Date: May 15, 2021
An interesting question has come out of Covid times: Are third culture kids (TCKs)—children who accompany parents into another culture due to a parent’s job—better able to cope with the interrupted life situations we have all faced during Covid?

Fact Meets Fiction: WBGFN Member Transforms Life...

Fact Meets Fiction: WBFN Member Transforms Life as an Expat Spouse into Literary Hit
Date: May 01, 2021
Members of the WBGFN often find themselves at a career crossroads when they accompany their partner to a new posting far from home. For Gina Wilkinson this experience was key to forging a new path as a novelist. 

The Beginning of a New Journey

Date: April 15, 2021
I am Sadaf Khalid. I am currently enjoying my life as a home maker, along with globe-trotting, meeting new people and sharing different experiences...