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Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty

16 June 2020
Ms. Brema trains women in her village to become electricians. © Vincent Tremeau/Banque mondiale
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With new World Bank funding, SWEDD 2 to expand to Cameroon, Republic of Guinea

04 Jun 2020
SWEDD 2 will continue to support efforts to keep girls in school in Sahel countries like Mali. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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In the Sahel, where motherhood is deadliest, midwives are saving lives

22 November 2019
The first woman to give birth at Fatoumata Diallo's clinic named her daughter after the midwife. © Vincent Tremeau/World Bank
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In Mauritania, imams take to radio waves to say child marriage is against Islam

09 December 2019
At the radio station in Selibabi, Mauritania. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
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Real men respect women, says school for husbands in Burkina Faso

03 October 2019
The school for husbands and future husbands teaches men to empower their wives through behavior change. Here, men practice domestic skills to ease the burden on their wives. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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