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

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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...

Be Inspired by 5 Women Who Are Conquering Inequity and Poverty
A woman in Cambodia holds a rooster

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Be Inspired by 5 Women Who Are Conquering Inequity and Poverty

Celebrate International Women's Day with us by reading the inspiring stories of five women around the world who have overcome incredible odds to...

Emmy Rising
Two girls smile while holding their goat

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Emmy Rising

Hunger held 13-year-old Emmy back in school, but she shot to the top of her class when she started getting a few square meals a day.

Meet the Powerhouse Women of Thaprek, Nepal
Meet the Powerhouse Women of Thaprek, Nepal.

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Meet the Powerhouse Women of Thaprek, Nepal

Thaprek, Nepal, is home to the bold women of Ratanpur, a self-help group started in conjunction with Heifer Nepal, and those women have transformed...

Toxic Masculinity Is No Match For Cambodia's Female Farmers
Toxic Masculinity Is No Match For Cambodia's Female Farmers

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Toxic Masculinity Is No Match For Cambodia's Female Farmers

Organic produce and fresh proteins garner good money in Cambodia. The only challenge is that many farmers lack the basics – seeds, training and...

A Ray of Hope in Haiti
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A Ray of Hope in Haiti

Haiti's ongoing sociopolitical upheaval is taking a toll on the country's citizens, especially those still rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane...

Solar-powered well delves for clean water in the desert
Solar-powered well delves for clean water in the desert

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Solar-powered well delves for clean water in the desert

Daily life in the community of Nakara, Senegal, is not easy, and it takes a whole family pitching in to make it. But for thousands of families in...

Why We Need More Women Journalists at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Illustration of a veiled woman with other women's profiles

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Why We Need More Women Journalists at the U.S.-Mexico Border