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    • International Women's Day

    • International Women's Day

    • Sports; International Women's Day; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • I took this picture on International Women's Day in 2007. Each year on this day, the women in my village in Mali play a soccer game. We played unmarried women versus married women.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand-weaving Corte

    • Hand-weaving Corte

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Corte, the traditional Indigenous wrap worn by women is hand made with several steps. This giant loom is the final step of this process that takes several weeks. In the town of San Andres Xecul, Totonicapan, Guatemala, corte is made by the majority...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Income Generating Activities

    • Income Generating Activities

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Business Development

    • I worked with this women's group during my 3rd year extension. They started a a new income generating project that year. They would dye material and then sew them into bags for sale. All their profits went towards sending orphans from surrounding...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • International Women's Day in Burkina Faso

    • International Women's Day in Burkina Faso

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); International Women's Day

    • The women of the Gulmance ethnic group in Burkina Faso proudly showcase their traditional wares for International Women's Day. This holiday, held annually on March 8th, highlights the achievements and contributions of women. The women in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Conhecendo os Nossos Corpos (Learning About Our Bodies)

    • Conhecendo os Nossos Corpos (Learning About Our Bodies)

    • HIV/AIDS; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken on October 18th, 2010 at the 1st provincial REDES Conference in Inhambane, Mozambique. REDES, which stands for Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação, e Saúde (or, Girls in Development, Education, and Health), is an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chicas Sanas

    • Chicas Sanas

    • Camps and clubs; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken during a Soy Sana Chicas Brillantes mini conference in the Dominican Republic on Saturday April 14, 2012. Soy Sana focused on the girls understanding their body and reproductive organs, as well as HIV/AIDS prevention through an...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Am

    • I Am

    • Host families; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in beautiful Belize in spring 2011. My sister is the girl in the photo. She is a strong girl with strong opinions and in this photo she is stating a statement about her life.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Rural Basketball League

    • Girls Rural Basketball League

    • Sports; Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD)

    • This photo was taken in April 2011 in Guatemala. As an outlet and self-esteem builder, I started a basketball league for teenage girls from surrounding areas. This picture shows some of the girls wearing their newly donated jerseys from a family...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • morning coffee with the nana staras

    • morning coffee with the nana staras

    • Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Traditional dress

    • This photo was taken in July outside of my school the south west mountains of Bulgaria. In my community, which is 100% Bulgarian Muslim the women have a traditional dress that includes a head scarf and colorful pants called shalvary. Through out...
    • Volunteer Photos

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