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Women & Poverty

There are nearly 3 billion people living in extreme poverty around the world; 70% of the world's poorest are women and children. Limited schooling and lack of appropriate health education are just some of the chronic issues that are strongly correlated with high poverty rates in women.

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Unitus: Empowering Women 

Fighting Poverty One Woman At A Time

Inspiring and empowering stories about women who are being given a hand-up through the power of microfinancing. It is a novel concept that is having a load of success. As a business woman, I applaud this group that has gone above and beyond to help families through empowering women to be successful.

Unitus + Microfinance: Video Trailer for "Wealth of Opportunity"

More than 2.5 billion people live on less than $2 a day. For millions of families in need, microfinance offers the hope for a successful small business and more: increased economic stability, better healthcare and housing, the opportunity for education, and ultimately, the real possibility of self-sufficiency. This video is a short version of a new film by Unitus and NonFiction Media, "Wealth of Opportunity: Microfinance in Person." This 15-minute piece features the inspiring stories of ...

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News Update: Language Delays + Poverty 

Language often plays a big part in delaying much needed aid to countries fighting the war on poverty. Sometimes, it might help to consider learning a little bit of the language of another people in order to increase communication between cultures.

Unitus Partner in the News: Ujjivan Financial Services Welcomes Dutch Royal Family
Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands were welcomed at the offices of Ujjivan Financial Services (Ujjivan), a leading microfinance organization serving India's urban poor. Samit Ghosh, Ujjivan's CEO and Carol Furtado, Ujjivan's Head of Operations, greeted the Royal Family.

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Three New Partners in India

Adding to our worldwide partner portfolio of 13 other microfinance institutions, Unitus continues its rapid expansion with the addition of three new partners in India: Vardan Trust, IIRM, and Adhikar. Each organization was selected for their operational strengths, growth strategies, and visionary leadership teams. These key traits make them ideal partners as we work toward our goal of reaching 15 million clients by 2015.

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The Poverty Map 

Globally Poverty Is At Epidemic Levels

Poverty Facts 

Unitus Combats Poverty Through Empowering Women

  • Each year, more than 8 million people around the world die because they are too poor to stay alive.
  • Over 1 billion people-1 in 6 people around the world-live in extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $1 a day.
  • Over half of the world's population-nearly 3 billion people-lives on less than U.S. $2 per day.
  • More than 800 million go hungry each day.
  • Every year, 6 million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday.
  • Over 11 million children die each year from preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.
  • Every 3.6 seconds another person dies of starvation and the large majority are children under 5.
  • Over 100 million primary school-age children cannot afford to go to school.

Third World Countries Breast Cancer Stats Are Higher 

Because of indoor air pollution

A special thanks to Pocco who brought this to my attention. This is just another reason to give a hand-up to women trying to better their lives.

Indoor air pollution from cooking fires in Third World countries, cause an estimated 3 to 4 million deaths worldwide each year. Daniel Kammen, a professor in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, says women and children are much more affected by particulate matter caused by inefficient, indoor stoves.

How Unitus Empowers Women 

A novel approach to combatting world poverty

About Global Poverty
Poverty crushes the human spirit. Three billion people - half the world's population - live on less than $2 per day, unable to meet their basic human needs. Malnutrition, lack of health care, substandard housing, and illiteracy breed desperation, disease and daily suffering. Poverty traps future generations in a vicious cycle without hope or opportunity. In an increasingly globalized world, no one is immune to these problems.
Women & Poverty
Of the 550 million working poor, an estimated 330 million are women.

Women work 67% of the world's working hours, and produce 50% of the world's food, yet they earn only 10% of the world's income and own less than 1% of the world's property.

More than 40% of women in Africa do not have access to basic education.
The Microfinance Idea
Microfinance is based on the belief that the poor need a hand up, not a hand-out. This new philosophy emerged in the 1970s in places like Bolivia and Bangladesh as social innovators began to offer financial services to the working poor - those who were previously considered "un-bankable" because of their lack of collateral. Once given the opportunity, not only did clients of microfinance institutions (MFIs) expand their businesses and increase their incomes, but their high repayme...
Women and Microfinance
There are many reasons why women have become the primary target of microfinance services. At a macro level, it is because 70 percent of the world's poor are women. Women have a higher unemployment rate than men in virtually every country and make up the majority of the informal sector of most economies. They constitute the bulk of those who need microfinance services.

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By hosting one of the Unitus banner links on your lens, you will be helping to raise awareness about global poverty. By helping women, you will be helping the family and in helping families, you will be helping entire communities. Communities lead to countries; countries to continents and with each step, you are changing the world - one woman at a time.

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