MasterCard and CARE Partner to Launch Strive Women
Strive Women will focus on women as it aims to reach 6 million entrepreneurs in key regions, including APEC economies of Peru and Vietnam.
Strive Women will focus on women as it aims to reach 6 million entrepreneurs in key regions, including APEC economies of Peru and Vietnam.
On November 8, 2022, Cargill and CARE International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a two-year program, ‘She Thrives’. ‘She Thrives’ aims to improve livelihoods among rural smallholders, particularly women and ethnic minorities from Dak Lak province in Vietnam by connecting farmers and producers to the tools and resources they need to enhance their livelihoods sustainably.
New research by development organization CARE has revealed how ingrained gender norms are, who is enforcing them and how they are preventing women entrepreneurs from reaching their goals. Revealingly, it is not just men who are piling expectations on women – it is also women themselves and their female family members.
CARE International in Vietnam together with the Embassy of Canada to Vietnam, AWEEV project management bodies from Ha Giang and Lai Chau, co-hosts a sharing event on achievements and lessons learnt of the project in tackling the burden of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) in minority ethnic households.
Hanoi, February 2021 – CARE International in Vietnam, TUVA Communication and GIZ officially launched a job-matching platform for workers (congnhanviet.com). The platform was built to promote job opportunities that help increase incomes and livelihoods for workers in the post-COVID-19 period, using AI, Big data and social media networks.