Global News by Tag: empowerment
HO, GHANA – Nadia Nyarko, 17, is in her fourth year studying general arts at Mawuko Girls Senior High School, a boarding school in Volta, a region in southeastern Ghana. She also volunteers as a peer educator with Village Exchange International/Ghana, VEG, a nonprofit organization that aims to provide small loans, income-generating projects, and sexual and reproductive health information to young women in Ho, the capital of Volta.
MONROVIA, LIBERIA – Korlu, a young mother of two, lives on the outskirts of Monrovia, the capital.
A high school dropout, Korlu, who declined to give her last name for safety reasons, says she got pregnant as a teenager.
“My parents put me out of their house because they couldn’t bear the shame of me getting pregnant,” she says.
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – From her home in Noorkah-Uri village in the Kashmir Valley, Naseema Bano cultivates button mushrooms in trays to sell at the local market.
“It is profitable, and people have started purchasing,” Bano says.
ACCRA, GHANA – Genevieve Osei, 15, is a student of the Holy Trinity Senior High School in Accra, Ghana’s capital city. She is also a member of Curious Minds, a local youth development organization. Osei and dozens of other teens attended a colloquium yesterday to discuss the national budget for 2011.