Sentences with phrase «help rural women»

In Ghana, the day will be commemorated under the adapted theme «Economic empowerment of rural women: A tool for sustainable development in a changing world of work,» which according to the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Otiko Afisah Djaba, was chosen to help rural women and girls to achieve their ambitions and also challenge the negative traditional and socio - cultural practices, discrimination and difficulties that confront the rural woman by changing the world of work for all women in Ghana.

In 2008, Zhang moved back to China with a bold mission: to help rural women.

The November set purchases its African bird's eye chili peppers from Asante Mama, a Ugandan farming business that helps rural women overcome poverty.

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-- By Shaleena Chanrai, co-founder and art director of Bella Kinesis, a sportswear brand that helps fund business education for women in rural India through customer purchases.

Creating fair trade products close to their rural homes helps 12,000 women stay close to their families and work flexible hours.

Create a network of Nurture Ambassadors to help reach women in rural communities.

These awards will transform the way men and women do business, while helping educate our youngest residents in the most rural parts of the state.

I know they are helping market women and rural farmers out there

She feels inspired through the divine spirit and loves working with rural women who have played a key role in helping her impart ethnic healing practices to people from all walks of life.

Then a few months later I got introduced to a charity Thomas had previously worked for in rural India, and went with them to Uganda to help women get access to safe delivery of their babies.

She makes clear the political and personal reasons that compelled her, in 1977, to establish the Green Belt Movement, which spread from Kenya across Africa and which helps restore indigenous forests while assisting rural women by paying them to plant trees in their villages.

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In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school is helping rural communities become self - sufficient by teaching rural women and men — many of them illiterate — to become solar engineers.

This is articulated in three statements of purpose: to support innovative approaches to helping smallholder producers — both women and men — build their resilience to climate change; to help smallholder farmers take advantage of available mitigation incentives and funding; and to inform a more coherent dialogue on climate change, rural development, agriculture and food security.

To help rural communities thrive without draining the park's natural resources, this fall's effort will train ten local women, whose economic opportunities have traditionally been limited, to sell a range of clean energy technologies such as solar home systems and improved cookstoves.

The Komen - funded Planned Parenthood programs have helped thousands of women in rural and underserved communities get breast health education, screenings, and referrals for mammograms.

In particular, Planned Parenthood helps the Komen Foundation reach vulnerable populations — low - income women, African - American women, and Latinas — especially in rural areas and underserved communities where Planned Parenthood health centers are their only source of health care.