The construction of sanitary toilets and handwashing facilities in primary schools in Vietnam’s Hoa Binh province are supporting students like Mai Hoa with better hygiene habits, and a better chance of staying healthy and in school. Among the many ethnic minority groups living in the lush, green, mountainous province of Hoa Binh, in northwest Vietnam, […]
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Aide et Action Magazine: Women’s education remains our priority
Aide et Action has been implementing development projects for over 40 years and our conviction is all-encompassing: changing the world through education. Education provides women and men with the ability to write their own history, avoid social predispositions, and follow a path other than the one imposed before their birth by family, society, religion or […]
Gender: a study to better integrate this approach in Aide et Action projects
The introduction of a gender approach in international solidarity projects makes it possible to act more effectively to establish gender equality. Mathieu Cros, Head of Research, Evaluation and Capitalization at Aide et Action, tells us about the gender study that has just been launched within the NGO. Can you tell us what is the objective […]
India: Local women become agents of change for education during Covid-19
In India, we are working with more than 500 women, many of whom are illiterate, to prevent more than 3,000 marginalized children from dropping out of school during the Covid-19 pandemic. A true educational success story for children, our programme is creating more opportunities for women to learn and become “agents of change”. In the […]
Covid-19: Women must be at the heart of tomorrow’s world
The economic and social fallout of Covid-19 has largely landed on women’s shoulders denying women and girls access to some of their basic human rights. As we mark International Women’s Day 2022, we stress that there remains an urgent need for action to centre recovery plans on addressing women’s and girls’ specific needs. A year […]
Cambodia: Investing in women-headed households
In Cambodia, Aide et Action is supporting women-headed households with livelihood training and in-kind materials to enable marginalised women to try new business ideas, increase their incomes, and build a more equitable society. In Cambodia’s rural northwestern province of Kampong Thom, 51-year old farm labourer Sin Koeun found herself the sole breadwinner of her family […]
Madagascar: Training inspires hope among young mothers
On the occasion of the International Women’s Rights Day (8 March), Aide et Action is proud to share the stories of three young mothers – Erica, Nirina, and Christiana – from Madagascar who dropped out of school when pregnant but are now back in education and breaking stereotypes. In Madagascar, one-third of young mothers between 15 […]
Cambodia: Supporting informal economy workers during the pandemic
In Cambodia’s rural Kampong Thom province, cook, caterer, and part-farmer Li Him has tried everything to stay afloat during the economic turndown caused by Covid-19. First, Li lost his job as a primary cook for a nutrition program at a primary school near his house when pandemic shuttered schools. Next, he lost his secondary source […]