2008 Summit Grants
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I. All China Women's Federation
 |
$16,500 to the All China Women's
Federation
for rehabilitation efforts following earthquakes in Sichuan
Province focusing on enabling women to resume their livelihoods. |
II. The World Food Program
 |
$16,500 to the UN World Food Program to assist relief efforts in
Myanmar following cyclone disaster. |
III. Winning Ministerial Best Practices in
Public/Private Sector Partnerships
Advancing Women and Girls'
Economic Opportunities
A.
Minister of
Labor, Public Administration & Empowerment of
Antigua and Barbuda,
Hon. Dr. Jacqui Quinn Leandro |
$5,000 grant to
the Ministry
of Labor, Public Administration & Empowerment of
Antigua and Barbuda for
Partnership and Opportunities for Employment Project
In partnership
with the corporate community, this 16-week comprehensive
training program empowers unemployed and underemployed young
women to deal with life skills and includes areas such as
reproductive health and rights. job readiness, Information
Communication Technologies and civic education.
To learn more,
click here. |
B.
Deputy Minster of the Department of Trade and Industry of
South Africa, Hon. Elizabeth Thabathe |
$5,000 grant to the
Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa for
Promoting Girl Entrepreneurship Project
The
program aims to promote and encourage entrepreneurship and use
of information technology among girls so that they can
contribute to the country’s economic development and growth by
becoming creators of wealth and job opportunities. This is
accomplished by providing girls with a platform to debate and
engage on their entrepreneurial ideas as well as providing them
with role models.
To
learn more,
click here. |
C. Undersecretary
of Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico,
Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres |
$5,000 grant to
the
Ministry of Labor
and Social Welfare of Mexico for
Child-Care Program
The Child-Care
Center Program helps unemployed women find jobs and to improve
women’s work opportunities by increasing the supply of
child-care services. To date, the
Mexican government has established 6,874 day-care centers that
benefit 154,814 working mothers of 168,770 children.
To learn more,
click here. |
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