Celebrating Women’s History Month: Pioneering Women Who Changed the World
Throughout history, women have broken barriers, defied expectations, and reshaped the world. This Women’s History Month, we highlight four extraordinary women—Marie Curie, Hedy Lamarr, Katherine G. Johnson, and Antonia Novello—who excelled in their respective fields and challenged their limitations to create lasting legacies. Like the women we serve, they overcame barriers to change the future. […]
Empowering Women in Cambodia: Nomi Network’s Workforce Development Program
Breaking Cycles of Exploitation Through Economic Empowerment In Cambodia, economic vulnerability due to lack of employment, access to training, or gaps in education often forces women into unsafe working conditions or situations of exploitation. At Nomi Network, we believe that financial independence is key to breaking the cycle of human trafficking. Through our Workforce Development […]
Nomi Network in Action
January 2025 Newsletter January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month Throughout January, we have shared articles and information to help you understand the complexity of human trafficking. Traffickers depend on women and girls to be vulnerable. Poverty, education gaps, lack of social capital, and systemic challenges contribute. The women in our programs write a better future […]
Preventing Trafficking: Freedom for Today and Tomorrow
Nomi Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating human trafficking by economically empowering women and girls. Recognizing that poverty and economic marginalization are primary drivers of exploitation, Nomi Network creates pathways to safe employment, enabling women to break cycles of exploitation in their families and communities. For the women we serve, the goal is […]
Connecting the Dots: Vulnerability to Trafficking is Complicated
When people think of trafficking, they think of the movies where a girl from a nice family is kidnapped and forced into it. The hero then rescues her, and everything is wonderful by the closing credits. The reality is more complicated. Traffickers take advantage of vulnerabilities that affect too many women and girls. When we […]
From Vulnerability to Leading Change: Sonya’s Journey Through Nomi Network
January marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month, at Nomi Network we are shining a spotlight on how women and girls are strengthening communities. Meet Sonya, a 14-year-old girl from a rural village in West Bengal, India, whose journey from vulnerability to leadership showcases the impact of Nomi Network’s Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP). Sonya’s Dream: From […]
Empowering Women, Ending Exploitation: 15 Years of Impact with Nomi Network
2024 marks 15 years since Nomi Network began empowering survivors of human trafficking and vulnerable women through life-changing support and economic opportunities. Though the organization is fifteen years old, the Nomi Network story began years before that in a small hut in rural Cambodia. A Father’s Plea for Help Diana Mao Kelly was traveling throughout […]
Who Is Nomi? The Inspiring Story Behind Nomi Network
2024 marks 15 years since Nomi Network began empowering survivors of human trafficking and vulnerable women through life-changing support and economic opportunities. But the heart of our organization lies in the story of one extraordinary girl—Nomi—whose resilience sparked a movement. Meeting Nomi: The Beginning of a Mission In 2008, our co-founders traveled to Cambodia to […]
2024 Corporate Summit Supports the Work of the United Nations
This year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) theme was “Leaving No One Behind: Acting Together for Advancing Peace, Sustainable Development, and Human Dignity for Present and Future Generations.” During the week, Nomi Network was honored to host our Corporate Summit at the Delegates Dining Room at the United Nations. “Partnership is in the DNA of […]
Accelerating Economic Justice Through Corporate Courage and Nonprofit Connections
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 Nomi Network Corporate Summit at the United Nations in the Delegate’s Diningroom during the 2024 U.N. Global Assembly (UNGA). The Summit theme was Accelerators of Economic Justice. The focus was on the intersection of technology, artificial intelligence, and global economic externalities, specifically as it relates to their […]
