Women for Women

…is a charity programme supported by female plastic surgeons whose goal is to help women suffering from disfiguring or socially excluding injuries and trauma, with the goal of enabling such women to continue on to lead happy and prosperous lives despite their injuries and trauma they have suffered in the past.


The programme was developed by the Secretary General of IPRAS, the International Society for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Marita Eisenmann-Klein, MD and the Chairperson of Quality Assurance of IPRAF, the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Foundation, Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, MD.

Women for Women’s first mission was conducted 2008 in Jalandhar, followed by missions in Kulu, Palampur and Lucknow in 2009. In all mission in India, women with mostly burn injuries were operated on by Women for Women’s experienced surgical teams.

Further projects in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq are planned, as are projects on the African continent (with Tanzania initially targeted) to follow