Take Action to Expand Economic Opportunities for Women Women in poor communities often face barriers that prevent them from participating in their countries' economies and from earning income to support themselves and their families.Thanks to microfinance, women at the bottom of the world's economic ladder are finally gaining access to financial services that allow them to save and start income-generating businesses. CARE knows from experience that investing in the earning power of … [Read more...]
ELIZABETH MAY ~ Female Party Leader Excluded From Debates
March 31, 2011 by
Where is our basic Freedom of Speech, why the exclusion? Is there a hidden agenda here? Just yesterda, I read that Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader Canada was excluded from the televised debates that will take place. May is understandably in shock. "News that I will not be allowed to participate in the debates. In shock at the moment. I will be in those debates," May wrote on Twitter. Marco Dubé, a spokesman for the broadcast consortium that hosts the debates, confirmed the … [Read more...]
