Equality

Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy: One Family’s Gender Reckoning
An Indian woman stands amid her goat herd, smiling at the camera and balancing a bowl of fodder on her head.

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Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy: One Family’s Gender Reckoning

After joining a Heifer India project in 2013, Panchu Devi learned to write — and to rethink, together with her family, long-held beliefs about...

Stalled by COVID-19, a Women’s Cooperative Turns to Social Media to Build a Booming Agribusiness
Stalled by COVID-19, a Women’s Cooperative Turns to Social Media to Build a Booming Agribusiness .

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Stalled by COVID-19, a Women’s Cooperative Turns to Social Media to Build a Booming Agribusiness

With COVID-19 cases rising and the market closed, members of the Akota Women’s Cooperative faced the risk of a huge loss without a market to sell...

Gender-Based Violence Survivor Launches Thriving Poultry Business in Kenya
A Kenyan man and woman stand next to each other, each holding and inspecting a chicken.

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Gender-Based Violence Survivor Launches Thriving Poultry Business in Kenya

After 17 years of domestic abuse, Lilian Ocholla is now committed to building a better future for herself and her children. With the support of...

Community Chicken Vaccinator Earns Income, Hatches Hope in India
Geeta Rani Jena receives vaccination supplies from a pharmacist in her local village center in Odisha, India. Photo by Pranab K. Aich/Heifer International

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Community Chicken Vaccinator Earns Income, Hatches Hope in India

A community vaccinator is an essential animal healthcare worker who provides low-cost chicken vaccines and deworming treatments to poultry farmers....

Breaking Barriers with the Beauty Business in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala
A Guatemalan woman wearing a traditional top embroidered with flowers stands in the entrance to a salon with her arms folded. She is smiling.

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Breaking Barriers with the Beauty Business in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala

Salon owner Maria Nataly Mendoza Quieju is working hard to challenge the stereotype that women in Guatemala can’t earn their own income. With...

The Women of Bihani Dairy in Nepal Give Back to Community, Adapt to Pandemic Changes
Six nepali women stand in front of a deep green building. They are wearing traditional garments that are vibrantly colored and are smiling at the camera. Between them they hold a large, metal milk can.

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The Women of Bihani Dairy in Nepal Give Back to Community, Adapt to Pandemic Changes

In Kopuwa, Nepal, many women depend on their husbands for income. The women of Bihani Dairy cooperative are joining forces to make sure that they,...

Leah Amongi Zooms Past Obstacles to Help Farmers Thrive, Even During COVID-19 Pandemic
Leah Amongi rides her motorcycle on a smooth dirt road. She is wearing a red face mask, a red shirt and a red and white skirt.

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Leah Amongi Zooms Past Obstacles to Help Farmers Thrive, Even During COVID-19 Pandemic

Join us for International Women's Day (and beyond) as we #LiftAllVoices and share stories of women around the world who are shaping a more equal...

Indigenous Guatemalan Women Earn Income from Carmine, a Traditional Red Dye Made from Bugs
Hands stained red from cochineal dye

Lifestyle

Indigenous Guatemalan Women Earn Income from Carmine, a Traditional Red Dye Made from Bugs

In San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, Indigenous Maya women are reclaiming the age-old art of handcrafting carmine, perhaps the most vibrant natural...

eBay and Uzo Aduba Team Up to Support Women and Girls
Actor Uzo Aduba helps farmer Grace Atusiimirwe water a mango tree seedling in Dwaniro, Uganda.

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eBay and Uzo Aduba Team Up to Support Women and Girls

eBay is partnering with actress Uzo Aduba to provide buyers and sellers multiple ways to support women and girls around the world.

How the Women of Rural Senegal are Fighting Drought, Hunger and Inequality
Girls haul well water to their homes in Linguere, Senegal. Photo by Lacey West.

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How the Women of Rural Senegal are Fighting Drought, Hunger and Inequality

Drought, malnutrition and restrictive gender roles challenge the women of rural Senegal every day. Heifer International is helping them ease their...