Electing Madame President
“Without bringing women to leadership...we cannot bring fundamental change to women’s lives,” says Massouda Jalal, Afghanistan's first-ever female presidential candidate.
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Inspiring Students and Teachers
“[Coaching], to me personally, means having found what I’m good at and what I like,” said Coralie Davies, school founder and CEDPA alumna and coach. “It fits in with my personality.”
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Finding Opportunities for Youth
“It was always necessary and important for me to invest in education,” says Luciane Teixera da Cruz, youth advocate from Brazil.
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Finding a Voice for Colombia's Future
"Our kids have managed to have what their parents never had," says Concepción Matabanchoy, an advocate for indigenous farmers in rural Colombia. "They have been able to have a formal education.”
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Creating a Safe Space
“In my city, you do don’t see a visible movement of people living with HIV,” says Verónica Feicán Carrasco, consultant and CEDPA alumna.
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Reaching Out to Women in Ghana
“I realize that women have a long way to go, but we have to help ourselves, especially some of us who are more fortunate than others,” said Lucy Owusu Darko, CEDPA alumna and coach.
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A Mayan Congresswoman
“We want [indigenous women] them to think for themselves, and together work to meet their needs and promote social action,” says the Honorable Manuela Alvarado.
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Elevating Voices
“I think it’s very path-breaking…if one person takes that lead, the others follow and then it changes the scenario,” says Namrata Jha, reproductive health advocate from India.
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Uniting Working Women
Jaya Arunachalam has mobilized more than 6 million Indian women into cooperatives to advance their business skills and improve family income.
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Empowering Women in India
“I would like all Indian women to be educated and empowered enough to be able to take charge of their lives,” says Dr. Nadendla Vijaya Lakshmi, managing director of India’s Women Development Corporation.
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Finding Your Footing
“I find it very rewarding that at least I’m directly connected with [the women], and, in whatever way possible, whatever I’m contributing is for them to come forward,”
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Learning to Speak Out for Women
Mimmy Syarief Harjono of Indonesia says she found her voice after her CEDPA training in the 1980s. "I continue to play my role as an agent of change," she says.
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Breaking New Ground
“Everyone has a dream of what they would like to be in future, including our girls. If we don’t...make these dreams come true, then we have failed,” says women's rights pioneer Phoebe Asiyo.
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Performing Inspiration
Angelica Maria Sánchez Gomez of Mexico City works with at-risk youth between the ages of 9-25, training them as performers and improving their decision making and leadership skills.
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Changing the Lives of Others
“I have that problem of when I want to do something and people tell me ‘Oh, you cannot do that,’ and then I want to do it,” said Kaythi Win, outreach worker and CEDPA alumna.
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Educating the Community
“When we started projects in family planning we were actually thrown out of one community,” says Nsekpong Archibong Udoh, the executive director of a community organization in Nigeria.
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Connecting Health and Development
“My association with CEDPA as a project staff has developed my capacity, and the WIM training helped me to discover my potentials,” says Jael Kwakfut, former CEDPA staff and alumni. “These have been the stepping stone to where I am and what I am doing today.”
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Planting Seeds of Empowerment
“We need to put more focus on women and what they are doing in the country to solve problems,” says Rasha Jawabri, leader of an economic empowerment program.
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Advocating for the Women of Peru
“Fighting for women is a constant battle,” says Carmela Chung, political activist. “You have to keep fighting because as they say: it’s two steps forward, one step back.”
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Out from Under Communism's Shadow
"I lived 37 years under Communism, and I’ve been recovering at light speed for 20 years, 10 of which thanks to CEDPA,” says Daniela Draghici, a CEDPA alumna who works to promote women's human rights in Romania."
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Taking Control of Your Life
"I would like women in Senegal to be aware that they are human beings...to be proud of yourself and to raise your head,” says Soukaye Dieng Diop, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS consultant and CEDPA alumna.
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Restoring Refugees
Francess Amadu, once a refugee of Sierra Leone's civil war, now works so that women in refugee camps have access to lifesaving reproductive health care.
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Finding a Strong Voice
“I became vocal because I stopped being afraid for myself, afraid for the future,” said Svitlana Moroz, Ukrainian advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS.
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