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Patrick Bell is Lutheran World Relief's West Africa Program Associate

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International Women’s Day (part 2)

Posted on 08. Mar, 2013 by .

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In yesterday’s blog post, I talked about how this International Women’s Day coincides with the start of LWR’s Learning for Gender Integration (LGI) initiative, where we hope to learn how to create equal opportunities for men and women to benefit from our work in communities around the world. Today I’d like to talk a bit [...]

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International Women’s Day

Posted on 07. Mar, 2013 by .

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Tomorrow, March 8, we observe International Women’s Day (#IWD), an international holiday created to inspire women and celebrate achievements toward gender equality. It just so happens that this year IWD coincides with the start of a very special initiative that Lutheran World Relief is undertaking toward the same goal. We are kicking off three special [...]

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Gender Integration in Uganda

Posted on 20. Sep, 2012 by .

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“We don’t have power. Men have power over everything in the home. You can work hard in his garden but he won’t pay you anything.” – A woman farmer, and member of NAMUBUKA In August, Vasudha Pangare spent two weeks in eastern Uganda.  Vasudha is a gender consultant who does gender analyses and leads training [...]

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