Women & Gender
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Photo: Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps
Ensuring equity between women and men is the key to unleashing the full potential of communities to transform their lives. Mercy Corps addresses the unmet needs of women and girls in places where they have been marginalized and disempowered, while recognizing that it is vital to involve men and boys in the process of helping women and girls claim their equal place.
Throughout our programs, we consider the needs of both genders and build on the courage and resourcefulness of women to help them improve their families and communities.
All stories about Women & Gender
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The Power of Friendship May 5, 2006
Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Stanojka Avramovic risked everything by becoming friends with Zejneba Sarajlic.
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Liberia: Narrowing Education's Gender Gap March 7, 2006
Karto, Liberia — The sturdy new schoolhouse in this rural farming village of 2,000 represents a new hope — especially for young women like Margaret. Currently, she is one of 90 million girls around the world who don't go to school.
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Guatemala: Help 300 Women Stay Cancer-Free February 22, 2006
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India: Changing Lives in Kalej Valley January 19, 2006
In a remote area of West Bengal on the road to Darjeeling bazaar, down a steep, rocky two-track road, the Kalej Valley tea plantation operates as it has since colonial times.
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Tajikistan: Tajikistan's New Entrepreneurs January 13, 2006
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West Bank and Gaza: When Life Gives You Olives January 6, 2006
Khuloud Qassem used to think that making soap from olive oil required complex chemical compounds and snazzy technology.
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Pakistan: Winter in a Homemade Shelter December 15, 2005
Wali Khan is smiling now.
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Indonesia: How Cakes and Crackers Saved a Village November 22, 2005
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Sudan: The Skills to Thrive November 11, 2005
Hassa Hissa Camp, Darfur — It is graduation day at the Women's Training Center in Hassa Hissa displacement camp, and these women are ready to celebrate.
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Jordan: Expanding Rural Livelihoods Opens Doors for Women August 23, 2005