Posts tagged women
Life is calling. How far will you go?
Happy International Women’s Day!
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“In my community, women are often overlooked as a resource.”
- Peace Corps Volunteer Katy Todd, who is working with a fellow Volunteer and their community in Togo to promote women’s empowerment by organizing a national women’s wellness and empowerment conference
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Every minute, a young woman is newly infected with HIV
Building a new home in rural Zambia takes a lot of time and effort. On May 30, 2008, in a small village in the Luapula province, much of the community helped to build a home of mud bricks and dried grass for a struggling family in the village. The photograph I took shows six women carrying pails of water from a nearby stream to the men who mix the water into mud to make new bricks and mortar.
- Peace Corps Agriculture Volunteer Jason Hays
Our Best Diplomats: Women in the Peace Corps
Fifty years ago, 65 percent of the people volunteering to join the Peace Corps were men and 35 percent were women. Today, those numbers have flipped, with 66 percent of volunteers during the 2000s women and 34 percent men. This change, gradual over the five decades, represents women’s commitment to and confidence in international work […]
Check out some of the best smiles from photos submitted to our Digital Library!
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Peace Corps Volunteers John Hart and Caroline Lucas helped launch a women-owned small business in Armenia selling and producing handmade stuffed bears. Since the Berd Bear project started in March 2011, the women have sold 230 bears, and generated thousands of dollars.
“The women of Berd are incredibly talented and hardworking. They put a lot of pride into their craft, which is evident in each carefully and lovingly handmade bear,” said Lucas. “As sales of the Berd Bear increase, more local Armenian women are able to work in full-time positions with the BWRCF.”
Additional income generated by sales of the Berd Bear is used to provide members of the foundation with training classes in basic computer skills, business development and other topics.
“Aside from the financial benefits generated by bear sales, the women are also gaining business and leadership skills,” continued Lucas. “Now, these women can help support their families.”
(Source: peacecorps.gov)
Burkina Faso - 2008
