Its main focus: women and girls education.
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Support the basic sciences and engineering programme and science policy activities in the cluster countries particularly for post-conflict countries, including practical science education in cooperation with the Education sector, promotion of access and retention of women in science and technology education, and research and development of renewable and alternative energies.
Other states, some of them no less poor, have woken up to the crucial balance between people and jobs and the advantages that accrue from emancipating women through education and family planning.
"Despite enormous advances for women and girls in education since 1972, schools across the country continue to bar pregnant and parenting students from activities, kick them out of school, pressure them to attend alternative programmes, and penalise them for pregnancy-related absences, " the centre said in the report.
She paired 10 young, pregnant African-American women who had little access to financial, educational and emotional support with more experienced black women who had further education and more stable income.
On a deeper note it is much more, because our whole society is based on the working men and women of America, and without education we cannot advance in the world.
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There was very definitely discrimination against young women in education and employment in, say, the 1920s.
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When we empower women with education and access to reproductive health services, we can lift an entire nation.
In the end, however, there is widespread agreement that the most fundamental way out of poverty for women and girls is education.
Mr. Obama built his re-election majority with minorities, young people, single women and affluent whites and college-education women who are culturally liberal.
Clinton encouraged the free press and the rights of workers, women and children, and stressed that education is crucial in promising a prosperous future.
Myrna Lim is the Executive Director of the Notre Dame Foundation for Charitable Activities, including Women in Education and Development, in the Philippines since 1992.
And despite steady gains made by women in education, employment and the economy, supporters say an ERA is needed to protect those gains against a hostile Supreme Court or Congress.
This is despite there being virtually no difference between men and women entrepreneurs in motivation, education, and capability.
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Prioritising investment in lifelong learning for women, creating multi-purpose community learning spaces and centres, improving access to and participation in the full range of adult learning and education programmes for women are among the necessary steps to enhance the status of women and facilitate the achievement of gender equality and equity in and through education.
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Peru will also promote the financial inclusion of women through rural and urban financial education schemes, as well as through enhanced access to additional financial services and instruments for women using existing social programs.
Currently, Causecast is partnering with the White House to bring more corporate philanthropy and volunteers to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education for young women and girls.
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Legal access to contraception is a significant factor in a larger number of women getting at least some college education and in more women pursing advanced degrees.
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Nearly 20 years after the dawn of democracy in our country, many girls and women still battle to complete an education and gain the skills required to secure work in a very competitive environment.
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The Director-General, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the Steering Committee for the campaign, spoke at the launch and called for scaling up education and literacy for women to ensure that mothers put their children into school, for training more and better qualified teachers and for transforming education to develop global citizenship.
The council's advisory role means it can offer proposals and programs to executive bodies that emphasize women's education, employment and civil, legal and social status.
Lifeline Energy (formerly Freeplay Foundation) addresses energy poverty for women and girls through access to information, education and light.
Microsoft has made the commitment to do work that empowers girls and women because of the impact which education can play and the positive ripples it brings to the quality of life and community.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl has not only worked to improve academic success at the institutions whose teams play in its game, but also of the young men and women participating in sports and preparing for higher education at the high school level.
Women's votes are key in Afghanistan, where the Taliban stripped women of equal rights and education.
The Mother's Index uses indicators of maternal health and under-five mortality, as well as women's education, income and political status.
The latter has, in particular, prevented girls and women from accessing education.
This was one of his causes, as were women's health and education.
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