Shad Begum formed Anjuman Behbood Khawateen Talash (ABKT) to build a grassroots women’s movement in the isolated tribal areas of Pakistan. Using group activities and micro-credit to empower women, Shad builds their capacity to become politically active.
Zeinab Al-Momani is supporting women's economic empowerment by founding the first agricultural union for and by women in the Arab world.
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Saif Rashid believes that, given the right market opportunities, millions of Bangladeshis can lift themselves up financially. With an innovative new model called APON, he is empowering the workers of Bangladesh’s ready-made garment manufacturing industry to increase their disposable income and build better, healthier lives
A garment worker in Sri Lanka earns an average of 55 cents per hour, according to the World Bank, but Sri Lanka projects an apparel export target of US$10B in 2016.
Each year, 80 billion pieces of clothing are purchased across the globe, which is 400% more than 10 years ago. Unsurprisingly these sales constitute a major financial market. The fashion brand Christian Dior is one of the biggest companies in the world - last year their sales totalled $41.6 billion, roughly equivalent to the GDP of Tunisia.
Somos a primeira plataforma de informação produzida exclusivamente por mulheres mães, financiada coletivamente pelos leitores e leitoras. São cientistas, jornalistas e produtoras de conteúdo produzindo informação de qualidade para todas as mulheres, mães e demais interessados em infância.
Capacitação de agentes defensore dos direitos humanos em todo o Brasil através de um processo de formação multiplicadora, como estratégia para enfrentar a necessidade de ampliar a capacidade de formulação, conceitual e metodológica, da promoção e da proteção dos Direitos Humanos no contexto atual.
Las reformas a la normatividad político-electoral ofrecen elementos para la participación de la mujer en la política; sin embargo en este ámbito aún predomina una cultura patriarcal, lo cual limita sus derechos y las expone a diversos tipos de violencia.
La Consulta es la expresión de la justicia en los asuntos humanos
Es un espíritu que parte de la premisa de que el beneficio de la parte se logra dentro del beneficio del conjunto.
Procura la Unidad en Diversidad.
Maximiza la Sinergia Social, logra comunidades que trascienden la suma de las partes.
