Women Empowerment

This is the success story of the Swabhiman Mahila Bakery unit from village Dobri in Vikasnagar Block. The Swabhiman Women’s Bakery is transforming the lives of rural women. Established on 4 July 2024 with the support of the Rural Enterprise Acceleration Project (REAP) and local community participation, this bakery has provided sustainable livelihoods to many. …

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Sahar Mansoor won the SheThePeople’s Digital Women Award 2024 in the Impact category. She talks to us about living a zero-waste lifestyle and founding her company Bare Necessities Sahar Mansoor, founder and CEO of Bare Necessities, won SheThePeople’s Digital Women Award 2024 in the Impact category, for her dedicated work at a social enterprise that produces zero-waste …

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Story highlights Historically, rural women in India have been largely excluded from the economic mainstream due to limited access to resources, markets, and financial independence. However, e-commerce has opened up a vast, borderless marketplace. In the picturesque villages of Uttarakhand, almost 30 women, wives of the ‘Gadaria’ shepherds, are now proudly introducing Kullu border shawls …

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Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has launched Women Empowerment Mentoring Programme (WEMP) to facilitate women employees serving the higher education sector through dedicated mentoring enabling them to overcome challenges at the workplace. The programme rolled out by National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE), HEC under the Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project will offer …

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The announcement was made after a cabinet meeting which was headed by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at the Mantralaya in Bhopal on Tuesday. In a major development, the Madhya Pradesh government has increased the reservation quota for women in the state government recruitment to 35%. The announcement was made after a cabinet meeting which was …

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