Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Women's movement
EMPOWERMENT, LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE ANDEAN WOMEN’S MOUNTAINEERING MOVEMENT
In our “progressive” modern world, women continue to be discouraged from pursuing many of their hopes and dreams, especially in the developing...
This photo was taken on July 17, 2011 in the market of Huaraz, Ancash, Peru during my Peace Corps training. Guinea pig, or rather Cuy, is a delicacy in Peru that I had wanted to try since I first arrived in the country. I took this photo because I...
Work; Women in Peace Corps; Education; Girls' education; Environment
I took this photo on the north coast of Jamaica of students from my "Environmental Awareness" class at Knox Community College. This is was the first time most of them had ever been to the ocean or beach. I took them tidepooling and swimming. To get...
Children; Education; Work; Schools; Teachers and students;
This is the first World Map Project Map in what was to become a standard Peace Corps activity worldwide. It is in the school in Hondo Valle, Dominican Republic. Volunteer Barbara Jo White is working with two high school students on the map. It was...
Speech prepared for delivery before the annual luncheon, YWCA Board of Directors,
October 18, 1961, Waldorf, Astoria, New York City.
Women in the Peace Corps
by Sargent Shriver.
Full-text of the February 1, 1961 draft of Warren Wiggins' essay 'The Towering Task.' This essay discusses the early history of the concept of the Peace Corps and outlines Wiggins' suggestions for implementing Peace Corps at a starting level of...
Full text of a brochure featuring the recollections of several notable former Peace Corps staff members and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, including Harris Wofford, Donna Shalala, Maureen Orth and others. Although no exact date of publication is...