Committed to development, despite danger

By Corina López de Mena

March 5, 2014   |   0 comments

Corina López de Mena is the Donations Coordinator for the Crime and Violence Prevention Project in El Salvador. In honor of International Women’s Day 2014, we asked for her thoughts on women in her country and her profession, and what inspires her....
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I do this for my daughters

By Fatima Zahra Tahiri

March 5, 2014   |   0 comments

Fatima Zahra Tahiri is the Communications Officer for Creative’s Improving Training for Quality Advancement in National Education program in Morocco. In honor of International Women’s Day 2014, we asked for her thoughts on women in her country and her profession, and what inspires her....
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An uphill battle worth fighting

By Noy Villalobos

March 5, 2014   |   0 comments

Noy Villalobos is the Chief of Party for the CONVIVE! program in Honduras. In honor of International Women's Day 2014, we asked for her thoughts on women in her country and her profession, and what inspires her....
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In War and Peace, Men Matter

By Rekha Mehra, PhD

November 21, 2013   |   0 comments

A recent symposium convened by the United States Institute of Peace turned a gender-sensitive eye on the important effects that gender roles can have on security....
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Yemeni Farmer Makes Good with Green Technologies

By Dorelyn Jose

August 23, 2013   |   0 comments

Khalib Al Humaidi is a sharecropper at the farm of the Sawan Agricultural Society in Yemen. For years, he planted potatoes, earning $50 (10,000 Yemeni Riyals) per harvest for his labor after splitting the profit with the Society....
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Greenhouses Inspire Farmers in Yemen to Innovate

By Dorelyn Jose

August 21, 2013   |   0 comments

Farmer Mahdy Saleh Al Nagar, 25, is one of several Yemeni farmers inspired by innovations at the Sawan demonstration site in Sana’a. The site currently showcases a greenhouse that can produce up to 10 times more vegetables than a traditional field while using 92 percent fewer pesticides than other greenhouses....
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