Category: Gender Empowerment

Poor women ‘bear climate burden’

By vpadmin, November 18, 2009

Women in developing countries will be the most vulnerable to climate change, a report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8365808.stm

Women and Girls – Making the Connection (Literally) to Water and Sanitation

By vpadmin, September 25, 2009

Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Member Water Advocates is building its ongoing advocacy efforts to improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation for women and girls. As a water advocacy organization, one of the main themes emphasized by the group is the impact that the lack of safe water and sanitation has on women and girls and how investing in water and sanitation programs is, in fact, an investment in women and girls…

http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/27748-Women-and-Girls-Making-the-Connection-Literally-to-Water-and-Sanitation?tracking_user=peter@geni.org&tracking_source=email

Innovative Online Community Launched at Clinton Global Initiative Will Fight Poverty in Africa

By vpadmin, September 23, 2009

Today, at the Clinton Global Initiative Fifth Annual Meeting, President Clinton introduced a unique commitment between General Mills and CARE called ‘Join My Village,’ an innovative online community that is fighting poverty in Malawi through the empowerment of women and girls. General Mills is ready to donate up to $500,000* to increase economic and educational opportunities for women and girls in approximately 75 villages in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa…

http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/27700-Innovative-Online-Community-Launched-at-Clinton-Global-Initiative-Will-Fight-Poverty-in-Africa?tracking_user=peter@geni.org&tracking_source=email