March 8th marks International Women's Day
Source: Concern Worldwide - Ireland
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International Women's Day connects
women around the world and inspires them to achieve their full potential. It highlights the progress women have made in their struggle for economic, social, cultural and political equality across the
globe. Concern is committed to empowering women living in poverty to make major improvements in their lives. Celebrating the valuable work of women around the world, and recognises that gender
equality is essential to advancing justice and development.Working with women
As Concern's programmes target the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, many have a significant focus on women and children. Our work is directly linked to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, a set of targets agreed to by the world's leaders that aim to halve the number of people living in absolute poverty by the year 2015. Our programmes are primarily focused on emergency response and preparedness, education, HIV&AIDS, livelihoods support, and health raising and nutrition.By supplying low interest loans to women like Mme Benilia Lombrage, Concern is working to empower women to help themselves.
Here are some key facts and figures:
• More than 80% of the world's estimated 40 million refugees are women and children
• Over two thirds of the world's 876 million illiterate people are women
• 70% of the more than one billion people who live in absolute poverty - on less than a dollar a day - are women.Working in partnership with local governments and community organisations, Concern is working with women helping to address these issues with the following initiatives: • Concern's emergency work covers preparedness and disaster mitigation in phase one of its response, and helps families rebuild their lives in phase two
• Concern includes an educational component in virtually all of its programmes. Globally, Concern has built hundreds of schools and educated and trained tens of thousands of women
• Concern helps women break the cycle of poverty by supplying them with job training, coordinating literacy programmes and offering credit and microfinanceWhat have the Concern offices around the world been doing to mark International Women's Day? Photos and details to follow soon…
Read more about Concern's work in Livelihoods
As Concern's programmes target the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, many have a significant focus on women and children. Our work is directly linked to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, a set of targets agreed to by the world's leaders that aim to halve the number of people living in absolute poverty by the year 2015. Our programmes are primarily focused on emergency response and preparedness, education, HIV&AIDS, livelihoods support, and health raising and nutrition.By supplying low interest loans to women like Mme Benilia Lombrage, Concern is working to empower women to help themselves.
Here are some key facts and figures:
• More than 80% of the world's estimated 40 million refugees are women and children
• Over two thirds of the world's 876 million illiterate people are women
• 70% of the more than one billion people who live in absolute poverty - on less than a dollar a day - are women.Working in partnership with local governments and community organisations, Concern is working with women helping to address these issues with the following initiatives: • Concern's emergency work covers preparedness and disaster mitigation in phase one of its response, and helps families rebuild their lives in phase two
• Concern includes an educational component in virtually all of its programmes. Globally, Concern has built hundreds of schools and educated and trained tens of thousands of women
• Concern helps women break the cycle of poverty by supplying them with job training, coordinating literacy programmes and offering credit and microfinanceWhat have the Concern offices around the world been doing to mark International Women's Day? Photos and details to follow soon…
Read more about Concern's work in Livelihoods
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