Education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This Peace Corps Volunteer works with women’s groups at Comilla, teaching such subjects as health and sanitation. Many villages near Comilla still observe purdah, the traditional segregation of women from men and from life outside the home.
Education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This Peace Corps Volunteer is working at Comilla, East Pakistan, a crowded (2000 person per square mile) but fertile delta region. Recently, an organization called the Pakistan Academy for Village Development has been making an effort to raise the...
Education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This Volunteer works with women’s groups at Comilla, teaching such subjects as health and sanitation. Many villages near Comilla still observe purdah, the traditional segregation of women from men and from life outside the home.
Education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); Clothing
This Peace Corps Volunteer works with women’s groups at Comilla, teaching such subjects as health and sanitation. Here she rides to class in a half-Pakistani, half-American costume that she has adopted as most practical for her work.
Transportation; Education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This Peace Corps Volunteer works with women’s groups at Comilla, teaching such subjects as health and sanitation. Here she checks the motor of her jeep, which was giving her trouble.
Education; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This Peace Corps Volunteer works with women’s groups at Comilla, teaching subjects such as health and sanitation. Here she and a Pakistani co-worker roll up a chart they have been using in a class.
Education; Life Skills; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
This Volunteer works in adult education at the Foyer de la Femme in Toumodi, Ivory Coast, where she conducts classes in basic French and mathematics. She also teaches sewing and cooking and literacy five afternoons a week.