Mettre en lumière des femmes d\'exception aux horizons différents, afin d\'inspirer et de donner de l\'espoir au reste de la Communauté des Femmes

For the last couple of months living in Ecuador I have been missing my family more than ever before. I have lived abroad for more than 8 years now, but living in Europe or even the Middle East never felt far away. Now I do feel far away, and in addition to that something extra special and interesting is going on over there, which I do not feel part of (enough).

In her TED presentation WuDunn talks about what she calls the 21st century’s central moral challenge, namely the oppression of women and girls throughout the world and explains how education and access to economic opportunity for girls and women promote poverty reduction.

A couple of weeks ago a student from a US university came to Ecuador to do some research for us regarding the wage and quality of life of our artisans, so we know what areas we need to improve. Valerie was supposed to come in January, but got ill, so she came in February instead.