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The titles listed below link to stories found on USAID mission websites, Washington bureau websites including the GenDev website, the Telling Our Story database, and FrontLines, USAID’s monthly newsletter. The stories are divided into the following priority areas:
Child Marriage
ETHIOPIA: Education and Law Deter Early Marriages
MALAWI: From Young Bride to Young Child Again
MALAWI: Safe Schools Program Helps Girls Escape Early Marriage
Conflict & Post-Conflict
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: USAID Program Helps BiH Returnees Feed Their Families
DR CONGO: Helping Child Soldiers Reintegrate
DR CONGO: Women Find Support in Survival
Economic Growth & Agriculture
AFGHANISTAN: Creating Opportunities for Women and Girls [PDF, 67K]
AFGHANISTAN: New Juice Factory Advances Afghan Agriculture [PDF, 60K]
AFGHANISTAN: Providing Employment to Disadvantaged Women in Farah [PDF, 231K]
AFGHANISTAN: Women Improve Animal Health [PDF, 64K]
AFGHANISTAN: Women Open Poultry Businesses in Zabul [PDF, 84K]
AFGHANISTAN: Women Tailors Design their Careers in Farah [PDF, 63K]
AFGHANISTAN: Spinning Wheels Help Women Triple Productivity [PDF, 81K]
BURKINA FASO: Minata Kone Builds a Cashew Processing Business [PDF, 233K]
COLOMBIA: Women Harness Artistry to Turn a Profit
GHANA: Higher Income for Women Beekeepers in Ghana
GHANA: Connecting Exporters to Markets [PDF, 262K]
GHANA: As Shea Company Expands Rural Livelihoods Improve [PDF, 262K]
GUINEA: From Subsistence to Success
KENYA: Opening of the Mariakani LifeWorks Project
KENYA: Empowering Female Entrepreneurs [PDF, 64KB]
KENYA: Improving Food Security in Rural Kenya [PDF, 66KB]
MALI: Businesswoman Accelerates Her Business Growth [PDF, 394KB]
MALI: Digging Delectable Dogon Shallots [PDF, 79KB]
MALI: New Seeds New Profits [PDF, 76KB]
MALI: Rejuvenation in Rice [PDF, 77KB]
MALI: Spicing Up Business for Women [PDF, 100KB]
MALI: Trading Potatoes for a Better Lifestyle [PDF, 74KB]
MALI: Women Gain Power with Potatoes [PDF, 84KB]
MEXICO: Financial Alternatives for Rural Women
MOLDOVA: From Housemaid To Entrepreneur
MOROCCO: Access to US Berry Varieties Expands Morocco’s Production and Export Potential
PAKISTAN: Baloch Women Learn to Grow and Preserve Their Own Produce
PAKISTAN: Women and Families Profit From Poultry
RWANDA: Beekeeper Gets her First Taste of Honey [PDF, 68K]
SENEGAL: Women Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor
SENEGAL: Women's Co-op Sees Profits Soar
SENEGAL: Major Results from Women's Microloans
SENEGAL: Businesswoman Gambles on Better Future
SERBIA: Women's Cooperative Reinvents Traditional Craftmaking
SRI LANKA: Replacing Equipment Lets Hundreds of Women Get Back to Work
TAJIKISTAN: Embroidery Earns Income [PDF, 76KB]
TURKMENISTAN: Small Credits Enable Women to Earn More Income for Their Families [PDF, 95KB]
UKRAINE: Entrepreneurship Support Fund Builds Souvenir Businesses
UKRAINE: High-Speed Internet Revitalizes Business Centers
UZBEKISTAN: Program Creates Opportunities for Vulnerable Women to Secure Employment and Build a Better Future [PDF, 82 KB]
VIETNAM: Disabled Entrepreneur Helps Others
Education
AFGHANISTAN: Nangarhar Education Faculty Buildings Rehabilitated [PDF, 197K]
AZERBAIJAN: In Cultural Shift, Girls' Education Becomes Community Priority
BENIN: Mothers Fight for Girls’ Education
BENIN: Africa Education Initiative Opens School Doors to Vulnerable Girls
BENIN: Ambassadors Girls' Scholarship Serves Deaf Children
EGYPT: Launch of Health Based Literacy Curricula with Adult Education Agency [PDF, 78 KB]
EGYPT: Breaking the Silence (video)
EGYPT: Future Leaders in Egypt Part I (video)
EGYPT: Future Leaders in Egypt Part II (video)
GUINEA: Three Women Share Their Thoughts on Learning to Read and Count in Adulthood
INDIA: Power Within (video)
INDIA: Positive Deviance (video)
LIBERIA: Light Gives Girls and Women a Chance at Night School
MALAWI: From Young Bride to Young Child Again
MOROCCO: A Bridge to Reading: New Training Methods Boost Women's Literacy
MOROCCO: Scholarships for Success: Educating Parents and the Community
PAKISTAN: Pakistani Women Get on the Bus
PERU: "Opening Doors" Saves Girls from Exclusion
Environment & Energy
LIBERIA: Light Gives Girls and Women a Chance at Night School
MADAGASCAR: Linking Family Planning and the Environment
RWANDA: Women Empowered Through Biomass Energy Production [PDF, 223KB]
Gender-Based Violence
ALBANIA: Citizens Petition to Support Domestic Violence Victims
BOLIVIA: Bolivian Communities Take Action Against GBV [PDF, 86 KB]
DR CONGO: Women Find Support in Survival
EAST AFRICA: USAID's Training Activities Involving Prevention and Treatment of Gender-Based Violence
ETHIOPIA: Regional Practicum on HIV, Alcohol, and Gender Norms
MOLDOVA: Campaign to Eliminate Violence Against Women Launches in Moldova
PERU: Peruvian Women Work to End Violence in Coca-Growing Regions
RUSSIA: Domestic Violence Centers Meet Strong Demand
RUSSIA: Teachers Talk Trafficking in Russia’s Far East
SERBIA: USAID Supports Serbian Efforts to Eradicate A “Quiet Killer”
SOUTH AFRICA: Confronting the Scourge of Violence and Rape
TIMOR LESTE: Enhancing Access to Justice for Women Through Specialized Training in Gender-Based Violence Cases
Health
AZERBAIJAN: Women Teach Neighbors to Have Healthy Pregnancies, Safe Deliveries
BANGLADESH: EngenderHealth Addresses Obstetric Fistula in Bangladesh
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Breast Cancer Survivors Fight for Rights
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Training to Reduce Maternal Mortality
EGYPT: Community Members Reinforce Messages to Stop Female Genital Cutting [PDF, 81KB]
EGYPT: Doctors Against FGC initiative launched in Egypt [PDF, 80KB]
GHANA: Reproductive Health Center Helps Clients to "Enjoy” Their Marriages
GUATEMALA: Women Making a Difference - Mayan Auxiliary Nurse-Midwives
GUATEMALA: Mothers Build Bridges to Educate Communities
GUATEMALA:
Nutrition and Family Planning Intersect for a Healthier Guatemala
GUINEA: Guinean Society Takes On Fistula
GUINEA: Surgery Restores Dignity for Sufferers of Obstetric Fistula
GUINEA: Communities in Guinea Pledge to End Practice of Female Genital Cutting
INDIA: Smaller Families Thanks to More Family Planning [PDF, 82KB]
INDONESIA: Birth Spacing Empowers Indonesians, Leads to Fewer Than 3 Children Per Family
INDONESIA: Safer Pregnancies for Expectant Mothers
KAZAKHSTAN: A Women’s Clinic Takes Care of its Neighbors and Shares its Successes [PDF, 417KB]
KAZAKHSTAN: USAID Partners with a Private Company to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Kazakhstan’s Capital [PDF, 125KB]
KAZAKHSTAN: A New Pilot Site for Safe Motherhood in Almaty
KYGRYZSTAN: Evidence-Based Methods Lead to More Patient and Family-Oriented Medical Care in Kyrgyzstan [PDF, 74KB]
KYGRYZSTAN: Religious Leader Takes a Lead Role in Improving Maternal and Child Health [PDF, 125KB]
MADAGASCAR: Linking Family Planning and the Environment
NIGERIA: USAID Boosts Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Nigeria
PAKISTAN: USAID Helps Pakistan's Mothers and Newborns Survive and Live Healthy Lives
SENEGAL: Obstetric Fistula Surgery Changes Lives
SENEGAL: Game Reduces Pregnancy Risks
SENEGAL: Accessible, Village-Level Services Boost Health of Women and Children
SENEGAL: Women Fight Malaria and Earn More
UGANDA, SWAZILAND, RWANDA: Girl Guides Help Prevent Anemia in African Teens and Young Mothers
UKRAINE: Ukraine’s Poltava Oblast Invests in Women’s Health
UKRAINE: Breast Cancer Survivor Offers Hope, Education for Ukrainian Women
UKRAINE: Evidence-Based Practices Save Mothers’ Lives
UKRAINE: Perinatal Technologies Enhance Maternal Instinct
UZBEKISTAN: Brochure Inspires Better Childcare [PDF, 100KB)]
WEST BANK/GAZA: Maternal and Child Health Project Helps Mothers and Children at Beit-Hanoon Clinic
YEMEN: Reaching Out to Midwives [PDF, 64KB]
YEMEN: Women Making a Difference: Midwives Work to Improve Services for Women
Health – HIV/AIDS
ETHIOPIA: Regional Practicum on HIV, Alcohol, and Gender Norms
GUYANA: Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS
KENYA: Mnazi Sellers in Kenya Break Barriers, Join HIV Prevention Efforts
SENEGAL: From Being Trapped, to Being a Trainer: Role as Outreach Worker Emboldens Woman to Live More Healthfully
UKRAINE: USAID Funds Day Care for HIV+ Kids
UKRAINE: USAID’s MAMA+ Program Preserves Families in Ukraine
UKRAINE: MAMA+ Brings Children Back to the Family
UKRAINE: USAID Reunites HIV+ Mother with Child
UKRAINE: MAMA+ Helps Reduce Child Abandonment By Mothers Living with HIV
UZBEKISTAN: HIV/AIDS Prevention Program in Women’s Prison [PDF, 69 KB]
Information Technology
IRAQ: Radio Gives Women a Voice
SENEGAL: Scholarship Funds Girls’ Aspirations - Program Shows Women Can Succeed When Given Resources and Mentors
TURKMENISTAN: A Woman Learns Ways to Prosper [PDF, 59KB]
UKRAINE: High-Speed Internet Revitalizes Business Centers
Legal Rights
ALBANIA: Protecting Women's Legal Rights
ALBANIA: Giving Voice to Women's Legal Rights
AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijani Women’s Participation Exceeds Expectations
AZERBAIJAN: First Women's Bar Association Founded in Azerbaijan
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Breast Cancer Survivors Fight for Rights
EGYPT: Outreach Work Empowers and Educates Young Women [PDF, 66KB]
GEORGIA: Youth Volunteers Help Spread News on Women’s Issues
GUINEA: USAID Helps Guinean Women Exercise Their Fundamental Rights
GUINEA: Communities in Guinea Pledge to End Practice of Female Genital Cutting
GUINEA: Women and the Electoral Process
MACEDONIA: Macedonia’s Women Politicians Stir Things Up
MADAGASCAR: Women Mayors Come Together
MOLDOVA: Leading Moldovan Woman Leaders Visit the United States
SIERRA LEONE: Women Mobilize for Election in Sierra Leone
TAJIKISTAN: Women Regain Rights To Land: Legal Advocacy Protects Rights of Vulnerable Tajik Women [PDF, 68KB]
TAJIKISTAN: USAID Helps Tajik Women Regain Land
UGANDA: Giving Women a Voice in Local Government
WEST BANK/GAZA: Women Take Pride in Participation
ZAMBIA: Zambian Women Making Strides Toward Gender Equality in Politics
Trafficking in Persons
ALBANIA: Experts Team Up to Protect Albania’s Most Vulnerable
ALBANIA: Shelter Helps Albania’s Trafficking Victims Re-Build Lives
ALBANIA: Sanctuary, Support to Child Trafficking Victims
ALBANIA: Soap Opera Teaches Life Lessons
ALBANIA: Trafficked Children Get a Fresh Start
BANGLADESH: Imams Fight Human Trafficking
BENIN: Bringing Transporters "On Board" to Combat Child Trafficking
BENIN: Community Action for Girls' Education (CAGE)
BRAZIL: Helping Trafficking Victims Rebuild Lives
DR CONGO: Helping Child Soldiers Reintegrate
GUINEA: Guinea Feels the Effects of Trafficking in Persons
GUINEA: USAID Protects Trafficking Victims
KYRGYZSTAN: Helping Migrant Workers
MOLDOVA: Summer Leadership Camp Helps At-Risk Women Gain Independence
MOLDOVA: Moldovan Youth Find Hope in USAID Social Reintegration Center
MOLDOVA: Offering Hope for Victim of Trafficking
MOZAMBIQUE: New Law Targets Trafficking
NEPAL: Combating Trafficking In Nepal
PHILIPPINES: Stopping Trafficking, Saving Lives
RUSSIA: Teachers Talk Trafficking in Russia’s Far East
RUSSIA: Primorskiy Kray Fights Human Trafficking
RUSSIA: Primorskiy Kray Funds Anti-Trafficking Event
RUSSIA: Governor of Primory’e Joins NGOs in Fighting Human Trafficking
RUSSIA: Training Extends Knowledge of Human Trafficking Issues in Russia
SOUTH ASIA: Fighting Trafficking Across Borders
THAILAND: Agencies Cooperate to End Trafficking
THAILAND: Raising Awareness of Trafficking
THAILAND: Supporting and Protecting Victims
THAILAND: Teaming Up Against Traffickers
UKRAINE: NGOs and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Team Up to Combat Human Trafficking
UKRAINE: Prevention Effort Thwarts Trafficking in Women
UKRAINE: Rocking Against Human Slavery
UKRAINE: Hotline Protects Woman from Traffickers
UKRAINE: Trafficking Awareness Saves Lives
UKRAINE: Trafficking Victim Rebuilds Life at Home
VIETNAM: Stopping Trafficking Before It Starts
Women With Disabilities
AZERBAIJAN: Community-Based Services Strengthen Azerbaijan’s Vulnerable Families
AZERBAIJAN: Center Expands One Family’s World
BENIN: Ambassadors Girls' Scholarship Serves Deaf Children
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Independence Is Goal for Wheelchair Users
BULGARIA: Eyes on Four Paws
BULGARIA: Responding to the Needs of the Disabled
BULGARIA: Town Creates Hub for Disabled People
IRAQ: Sewing Shop Trains and Employs Widows and Disabled People
KAZAKHSTAN: Disabled 16-Year-Old Takes First Steps [PDF, 543KB]
TURKMENISTAN: A Woman Learns Ways to Prosper [PDF, 59KB]
TURKMENISTAN: USAID Alumnus Creates a New Service for Disabled People and Their Families [PDF, 71KB]
UKRAINE: Disabled Woman Fights to Remove Barriers in Ukraine
UKRAINE: Entrepreneurship Support Fund Builds Souvenir Businesses
VIETNAM: Disabled Entrepreneur Helps Others
VIETNAM: Disabled Girls Bring Talents to Sewing
Women's Leadership & Empowerment
BANGLADESH: Gender and Development Book Fair Launched to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2009
EGYPT: Breaking the Silence (video)
EGYPT: Future Leaders in Egypt Part I (video)
EGYPT: Future Leaders in Egypt Part II (video)
GUATEMALA: Women Leaders Come Together
INDIA: Power Within (video)
INDIA: Positive Deviance (video)
TIMOR LESTE: Stronger Voices Bring Better Lives
TIMOR LESTE: Women Learn How to Speak Out
WEST BANK/GAZA: USAID/WBG Celebrates Palestinian Women, March 2010 [PDF, 170KB]
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