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Home » News » women's empowerment

31-Aug-2017

Why Jane Austen Would be Optimistic in Africa

Empowering women to take charge of their futures

Filed Under: News / Edith Wharton, finding a husband, husband, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, marriage, Rwanda, Uganda, women's empowerment

03-Mar-2016

It’s A Guy Thing

How working with men empowers women in Rwanda

Filed Under: News / Aspire, empowerment, international women's day, men for women, positive masculinity, Rwanda, women's empowerment

29-Jan-2016

Arriving In The Land Of A Thousand Hills

Di McCann, mother of N4A Executive Director Sophie McCann, visited our projects in 2015.

Filed Under: News / 1994 genocide, agriculture, Aspire, child-headed households, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, women in development, women's empowerment

14-Dec-2015

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2015

Here’s what we achieved in 2015…   In Rwanda: ·Women learned new vocational skills that helped them earn an income: In our urban project, women learned hairdressing and cookery and 98% said their income had increased since they joined Aspire; on average, the women were earning about £24/$34 per month by the end of 2015.  […]

Filed Under: News / Africa, agriculture, Aspire, child soldier, child soldiers, Counselling, empowerment, genocide, HIV, income generation, Joseph Kony, LRA, northern Uganda, PTSD, Rwanda, Uganda, women, women's empowerment, women's rights

25-Aug-2015

When Donuts Are Good For You

Women in Rwanda are making and selling donuts to earn money

Filed Under: News / Africa, donuts, doughnuts, mandazi, Rwanda, self-help, women, women's economics, women's empowerment

14-Dec-2014

Celebrating Our Achievements In 2014

Here’s what we achieved in 2014…   In Rwanda:   ·Women started earning sustainable incomes: 98% of the women said their income had increased since they joined Aspire and only 9% of the women identified themselves as unemployed at the end of the year, down from 58% at the start of the project.  The Aspire […]

Filed Under: News / genocide, mental health, mental illness, post-conflict, PTSD, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, trauma, Uganda, vocational training, war, women's empowerment

16-Jun-2014

‘Boys Will Be Boys’ No Longer Good Enough

Involving men in the fight for women’s equality

Filed Under: News / Angelina Jolie, gender equality, Rwanda, sexual violence in conflict, Uganda, women's empowerment

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