Stitching Up Poverty

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Linbert Spencer Q&A - From All We Can

[This podcast is shared from All We Can, our sister organisation. Linbert Spencer is also the chair of the board of trustees for Y Care International] Tuesday 21st March marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. You can find out more about the day on the United Nations Website. To mark this hugely important International Day, we sat down with Y Care International's Chair of Trustees, and inclusion expert, Linbert Spencer—talking about inclusive leadership, and his...

Mar 23, 2023•35 min

Stitching Up Poverty Trailer

This is the trailer for the podcast series Stitching up Poverty. The series tells the story of a remarkable project in Sindh Province in rural Pakistan. The women there face some of the toughest conditions in the world. Poverty is endemic, violence is commonplace and many of the women in the region aren't even allowed out of their homes unaccompanied. Can this project make a difference and empower the women and put them in charge of their own destinies? Listen to the podcast series to find out.

May 29, 2018•2 min

Stitching Up Poverty #2 Impact On Men

Stitching up Poverty – is the story of a remarkable project aimed at empowering some of the most marginalized women in the world. The women of rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. These women face extreme poverty and a male-dominated culture which has traditionally severely limited their role in society condemning them to life as second class citizens. This time we hear about the project's impact on the men. This podcast series tells the story of the project based on more than 100 perso...

May 29, 2018•12 min

Stitching Up Poverty #3 Child Marriage

This is the Stitching up Poverty podcast. This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping some of the most marginalized people in the world. Women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Life is unrelenting for the women and girls in these villages. They face deep-rooted poverty, have no, or very limited access, to education and have few opportunities to work. The villages they live in are dominated by the men – violence against the wo...

May 29, 2018•13 min

Stitching Up Poverty #4 Violence Against Women

This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Life is tough to say the least for these women and girls. They face deep-rooted poverty, and have no or very limited access, to education and few opportunities to work. The men dominate – and the women face violence and have little say in their own lives. In this podcast series we look at an empowerment project which seeks to break this cycle....

May 29, 2018•12 min

Stitching Up Poverty #5 Education

This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping some of the most marginalized people in the world. Women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Live is unrelenting for the women in these villages – they are amongst the poorest and most diadvantaged in the world. They face a cycle of poverty and have few opportunities for work and they live in a male dominated culture in which they are traditionally expected to play a subservient role....

May 29, 2018•12 min

Stitching Up Poverty #1 Economic Empowerment

This is a podcast about a struggle – the struggle of young women facing some of the biggest challenges in the world. These women live in rural Pakistan under the toughest circumstances imaginable. The women are from 22 villages in Umerkot a district in Sindh Province. It’s hot, temperatures get up to 40 degrees, and it’s inhospitable too. Families live in one room homes without running water or electricity, there’s not enough food to go around and over 90% of the women are illiterate as they hav...

May 28, 2018•13 min

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