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The paucity of women in decision-making positions contributed to difficulties in achieving gender equality in the conservative Kyrgyz tradition.
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It was not so long ago that Asea Begum, 35, and her family had only one meal a day, consisting of plain rice and a few pieces of chilli. Her growing children were always hungry.
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As the most populated district, La Matanza suffered from deeply-rooted poverty even before the crisis. Its unemployment rate hovered at 25 per cent.
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Rahma, a single mother of four, arrived in the camp in 2004. She was given 10 chicks as part of a project launched by UNDP and the Training Research Group, a local NGO, with funding from the Government of Norway.
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The residents of San Francisco de Opalaca, a small municipality in the remote mountains of western Honduras, have a long tradition of community organisation.
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Oudone Vongkham, 60, spends his days working on his farm. When a new market was built in his village - with a newly paved road, linking his farm to the market - transporting and selling produce became possible for him.
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