Sentences with phrase «rural women in»

For rural women in developing countries — the majority of the world's farmers — global warming means harder work and diminishing returns.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will promote greater economic, social, legal, and political empowerment of poor rural women in Nepal, particularly those from ethnic minorities and lower castes, through a $ 10 million loan approved today, states a press release issued here today.
«Poor rural women in developing countries are critical to the survival of their families.
Like the rural women in Kenya who the Green Belt Movement works alongside.
Projects ranged from an infrastructure model for diverting Chicago's rainwater into Lake Michigan to a solar panel installation training program for rural women in Africa.
The problems becomes clear and acute in the situation of rural women in the Third World.
At just about a 100 pages, this isn't long, but it provides fascinating insight into the life of a rural woman in southeast Arkansas in 1890 and 1891.

Not exact matches

Obama lost big with such rural white voters, but won more votes from woman, minorities and others groups clustered in or near cities.
«A box of food had been left on the porch of a woman in rural Wyoming,» says co-CEO Nick Green.
The festival in turn funds the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which gives grants to develop leadership roles for women and to support rural communities and working family farms and ranches.
The majority of Airbnb rural hosts in almost every country studied for the report are women.
-- 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.
That woman drove miles to a rural town to meet a man she had never met, but believed she was in love with.
He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educaRural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educarural areas of western China by providing access to education.
For more detailed explorations of the themes mentioned in this report, stay tuned to the Insureon blog in January, where we'll explore tips for buying the best equipment and furniture; ways women business owners can increase revenue; and how small business looks different in the nation's cities, suburbs, and rural areas.
I am long on stock not traded in last 90 days SATIN CREDIT — CASTING AWAY DEMONITISATION DEMONS Satin Creditcare is a large microfinance company providing collateral free, microcredit facilities to economically active women in both rural and semi-urban areas.
Ms. Notley, along with Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir and Status of Women Minister Stephanie McLean, also announced the creation of one thousand $ 25 per day childcare spaces in urban and rural communities across the province.
«On behalf of the New Democrat caucus, and as the spokesperson for rural and northern health, I celebrate the deal recently made and promise that New Democrats will continue to advocate for smart investments in health services that benefit women and their families.»
In 2008, Zhang moved back to China with a bold mission: to help rural women.
A woman walks by a branch of Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, October 1, 2012.
Now in Africa, most people are rural, religious, and fairly conservative when it comes to sexual behavior, despite lurid stereotypes of oversexed African men forcing themselves on women and girls without a thought.
In rural Boliva, many women keep their heads down and their eyes lowered.
Bonnie also pointed to a 1975 case in which a rural Virginia woman killed her own aunt - the person who had raised and loved her - because she believed her aunt had been possessed by the devil.
I watched the show, and am a American caucasin female from a very rural, but not southern area.I found the show interesting and thought provoking.Just as in our own Judio - Christian religions, women are expected to be somewhat subserviant and makes our American Islam citizens seem pretty much like any other citizens.I found this to be a good and humanizing feature.If you love U.S.A., and are a citizen you are the same as anyone else.Just encourage each other and us, too.
Some such experiences and actions can be seen in the successful action to re-conquer the earth by the farmers in Brazil or Madagascar, the initiatives for education and rural training of women in Senegal or in the exemplary battles of the South - Korean workers who demonstrated the possibility of constituting efficient inter-professional trade union organisations in the so - called emerging countries.
But our parliament is 24 % women, and there are plenty of women in larger cities who are professionals, although in the rural areas, there is more of a traditionalist approach.
The study also found men, people who live in cities and non-white Americans are more likely to embrace other worldviews than women, people living in suburbs and rural areas and white Americans.
Her story (whose theme, by the way, is «the lot of single women in rural Palestine») may seem to have a happy ending, but don't be fooled, girls; The Book of Ruth is actually «a pernicious, exploitative tract,» reinforcing the idea that «a woman's happiness and fulfillment require men, that is, a husband and sons.»
Seldom are ordained women placed in full charge of a local church, save in some small town and rural congregations that can not afford or find a man.
However, women have served as pastors in Vermont churches partly because many of those churches are small, rural and low - paying.
Increasing use of herbicides exposing more women and children to harmful pesticides throughout the Midwest A new project of the Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN) highlights growing concern over sharply rising herbicide use and risks to pregnant women and children living in the rural Midwest.
Baobab trees grow so abundantly in Africa that if there were a global demand for the superfuit then this existing crop could be worth $ 1bn to rural Africa and create sustainable income for up to 10 million African women.
In a charming memoir that introduces the recipes, Mama Dip fondly recalls growing up in rural NC and recounts the story of a strong woman determined to make her own way in the larger worlIn a charming memoir that introduces the recipes, Mama Dip fondly recalls growing up in rural NC and recounts the story of a strong woman determined to make her own way in the larger worlin rural NC and recounts the story of a strong woman determined to make her own way in the larger worlin the larger world.
In 2016, Jessica received the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award (Victoria), an award that identifies and supports emerging women leaders who have the desire, commitment and leadership potential to make a greater contribution to primary industries and rural communiRural Women's Award (Victoria), an award that identifies and supports emerging women leaders who have the desire, commitment and leadership potential to make a greater contribution to primary industries and rural communiWomen's Award (Victoria), an award that identifies and supports emerging women leaders who have the desire, commitment and leadership potential to make a greater contribution to primary industries and rural communiwomen leaders who have the desire, commitment and leadership potential to make a greater contribution to primary industries and rural communirural communities.
The silk is taken and handspun, hand tied and then hand dyed by women's co-operatives in rural India.
She now buys hand - spun and hand - dyed recycled sari yarns directly from a women's co-operatives in rural India, along with rare - breed yarns bought directly from the producers in northern Scotland.
In a joint statement for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) by WABA, ILCA and ABM, the organizations emphasize that breastfeeding and skilled lactation support can empower rural women and improve health outcWomen (CSW62) by WABA, ILCA and ABM, the organizations emphasize that breastfeeding and skilled lactation support can empower rural women and improve health outcwomen and improve health outcomes.
Research with pregnant and lactating women in rural African communities has shown that they maintain good bones on a much lower intake, less than 400 milligrams per day.
These rural workplaces provide a welcome alternative to these women moving to a large city to work in the garment industry leaving their families behind and making themselves vulnerable to injust and sometimes violent situations.
Samantha's vision for Pebble of providing a place close to their rural homes in which women could work flexible hours was just what over 5,000 rural women were looking for.
The data collection constitutes a sample of rural and regional women in Sweden and Australia undertaken during the years 2007 — 2009.
The theme for this year's session is «Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.»
Although affluent and urban women began having their babies in hospitals, however, medically underserved populations, such as rural women with limited access to hospitals and poor women who couldn't afford to give birth in the hospitals, continued to give birth at home.
Now, new research shows certain factors, including age and income, determine whether women living in rural Nepal have home births or hospital deliveries.
Women in rural areas often have to travel an hour or more to find a hospital with a maternity ward.
Candidates for seats on the Palatine, Inverness and Salt Creek Rural Park Districts boards outlined their positions and fielded questions Wednesday at a forum conducted by the Palatine Area League of Women Voters in Palatine.
Additionally, BabyCenter is currently participating in a number of maternal health projects around the globe including text4baby in the United States, collaboration with the Grameen Foundation in rural Ghana, and a new mobile program in India in an effort to reach underserved women and empower them to take control over their own health by implementing positive behavior changes.
Fact: Women in rural areas, geographically removed from hospitals, are often also geographically removed from midwives.
Create a network of Nurture Ambassadors to help reach women in rural communities.
«Urgent action is required to prevent women enduring «roadside births» as they travel hundreds of kilometres to dwindling maternity services in regional and rural Australia» (quote article 34).
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