2009 Summit Grants
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| I.
U.N Foundation Girl Fund |
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$5, 000 Grant towards advancing the education and training of
adolescent girls in developing economies. The Global Summit
of Women was the first donor to the Girl Fund.
The Girl Fund
works to bring together the UN, non-governmental organizations
and the private sector to focus attention and resources on
adolescent girls.
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II. Winning Ministerial Best Practices in
Public/Private Sector Partnerships
Advancing Women and Girls'
Economic Opportunities
A. Minister of Justice of Peru,
Hon. Rosario Fernandez |
$5,000 grant to the Ministry of
Justice of Peru for
Laundry Room Workshop Project
The Laundry Room Workshop program
employs inmates of the Women’s Penitentiary Institution
in
Lima in garment cleaning and care.
The project increases the self-esteem of the incarcerated
women, provides economic opportunities for their rehabilitation
to society, and allows them to earn income while incarcerated.
To learn more,
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B. Minister of State
for Community Development,
Youth and Sports of Singapore,
Hon. Yu-Foo Yee Shoon |
$5,000 grant to the Ministry of
Community Development, Youth and Sports of Singapore for
"Many Helping Hands" Project
The “Many Helping Hands” helps to facilitate a better
work-life balance for Singaporean women. Through the
collaboration of employers, unions, human
resource institutions and the government, women are able to
integrate their work, personal and family commitments through a
program developed by the ministry.
To
learn more,
click here. |
C. Minister of
Agriculture of Chile, Hon. Marigen Hornkohl |
$5,000 grant to
the Ministry of Agriculture
of Chile for Genetic improvement of Alpacas
Project
An income
generation project supported by the ministry that provided
livelihood for women raising alpacas for the production of
handicraft fabrics. Through improved breeding of the
animals, the women produced higher quality fabrics. The
products are sold in and outside of the region with possible
markets in
Spain
and Italy.
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click here. |
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