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Why Investing in Women is MORE ImportantTypically when women make a little money they invest it in their families (up to 90% by some estimates). When coffers wealthy nations run dry, investment in women’s issue is usually one of the first things to go. |
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Girls Count, Women MatterIn these turbulent times of financial crisis, rising food prices, climate change and political instability, it is women and girls who will be disproportionately affected, particularly poor women in poor countries. It is girls who will be removed from school because families can no longer afford to pay for them; it is women who [...] |
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Invest in Women – it Pays!At the moment the world loses 15 billion dollars every year in productivity that doesn’t happen because mothers and their newborns are dying – one mother a minute, four million newborns every year. A mother’s death always means deeper poverty and hardship for her family and community. It often means an early death for her [...] |
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Capital of HopeWomen and children do bear the brunt of economic hardship during any economic downturn. I witnessed this during the course of 2007 and 2008 when I made several trips to Ghana to photographically document a microfinance operation in Pokuase, a small town approximately one hour outside the capital of Accra. Because poverty in the third [...] |
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11 July 09: World Population DayInvesting in Women is a Smart Choice |
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