Development Blog
As the international community gathers for the London Somalia Conference, the role of women in determining the country’s future is high on the agenda. So what are Somali women saying about women’s political participation in their country?
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Deqa Salad, founder of the Hear Women Organisation
Four years have passed since Rana Plaza collapsed, but are workers any safer? The short answer is yes, but there is still a lot of work to do to make sure their working conditions are truly safe and to ensure…
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Fiedowshi works in the inspection section at a garment factory in Bangladesh
The number of women in the world who still lack access to formal financial services stands at 1 billion. While this figure is going down, the discrimination that women face compared to men, in terms of their access to and…
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A woman member of a savings group in Kenya
By choosing to spend two minutes reading this article, you stand with the many millions of others around the world who are choosing not just to ‘make a difference’ for women’s economic empowerment, but who are choosing, in fact, to…
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Maria Daffodil Arrante expanded her market stall business in the Philippines with a loan from Lendwithcare.org
5 Minute Inspiration: How women's solidarity earned a quarter of a million dollars
By Emily Janoch 04th May 2017
Women in Bangladesh used solidarity to increase wages and get more food at home. Find out how.
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A smallholder farmers’ group in Bangladesh set up by CARE
Women in CARE Ghana’s PROMISE programme eat three times more soybeans than they did in 2012, and are four times more likely to be involved in household decision-making. Find out how.
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A member of a savings and loan group in Ashamoah village, Ghana
