Empowering Women
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You can help a woman, forced to flee tragedy, start a small business to support her family. And you can help her protect herself and her rights. War tears communities apart, and women are the first to suffer. In the chaos of war, women are targeted by soldiers and civilians - their communities cannot protect them. Often all they can do to survive is flee. Women arrive at camps, penniless and without possession. They’ve left everything behind and have no way to support themselves or their families. ARC gives them the tools to provide for their families. We teach women small business skills and give them small loans - so they can successfully start and run a business. It sounds small, but business training and a loan of $50 start a cycle of success that can’t be broken. Mothers are able to start their businesses, put food on the table, save money, and send their children to school. When it is safe to return home, they will take the knowledge, skills and confidence they learn with them. $50 can empower a woman and her family for a lifetime. Women are also working to protect themselves and their rights so someday, they won’t continue to be targets. In Guinea, ARC provides legal aid to women prosecuting men who have abused them. 95% of cases have been closed in the women’s favor. These brave women, with a little expertise and support from ARC, are making violence against them unacceptable. Men who abuse women are now being punished for their crimes. Women are breaking the cycle of injustice and starting a cycle of progress. We’re helping them build small businesses that will feed their children and send them to school. A small investment in one woman makes a big difference in the future of entire families. And, abused women who prosecute their attackers are not merely getting justice for crimes against them - they’re initiating a cycle that will protect their daughters and granddaughters from future abuse. Source: The American Refugee Committee: www.arcrelief.org/site/PageServer - Sanaag , posted 09/01/06 |
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