Here are the real life, 'learning by doing' Inspire stories relating to projects engaged Women's Development activities around the world. Click on the links on the left of the page for more stories. Do you have a story about a Women's Development initiative that is helping to make people's lives better or do you know of a project working in this area of expertise? Then why not help to inspire and encourage others by sending the story by email to Libby Brayshaw. |
The Practical Skills Training Center for Rural Women (Changping, Beijing) is training center that has helped thousands of rural women from 26 provinces (including 17 ethnic groups) to start a new, self-reliant life in big cities.
Robin Rowland recently attended the 2006 Skoll World Forum and heard a presentation from Bunker Roy and the Barefoot College in Tilonia. Robin thought his presentation was easily the best of the three days and that this would be a great story to inspire others.
Martin Blakebrough and I visited many inspiring and very practical projects in India at the beginning of May and virtually all of them are seeking to permanently improve the position of needy people. None was more practical, and capable of replication elsewhere in the world than one we visited in Delhi at the Health Education Drop-in-Centre run by SHARAN close to Azadpur Mandi in the largest Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Asia . Robin Rowland