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Empowering women in Asia to be businesswomen and health…
Seema Bharti is easily one of the most impressive women you’ll ever meet. Seema is one of the women Opportunity International Australia supporters helped to set up a business with a small loan and receive…
Read MorePay it forward – One Another does good design, designed…
One Another is an amazing online store working hard to provide unique handmade goods crafted by disadvantaged women in developing countries, acting on the principle that behind every one of its products…
Read MoreFour Steps to Becoming an Agent of Change
https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2017/05/four-steps-becoming-agent-change/
Read MoreHow expressing yourself authentically can help empower…
http://www.fpmagazine.com.au/industry-insider-may-fundraising-news-349507/
Read MoreOur choices can have a powerful impact on the lives…
I witnessed firsthand the human impulse for self-determination, human dignity and community building in my visits to India with Opportunity International Australia. The women I met gave generously of their…
Read MoreMother's Day
Women and girls make up approximately 50 per cent of the world’s population, with a large proportion of women being mothers. “It makes economic sense to have women and mothers participating in the…
Read MoreEmpowering Women in Developing Countries to be Businesswomen.…
https://www.womeninfocus.com.au/t5/Business-Forum/Empowering-Women-in-Developing-Countries-to-be-Businesswomen/m-p/20701#M928
Read MoreThis Life: Becoming An Agent Of Change
https://www.sightmagazine.com.au/columns/this-life/7388-this-life-becoming-an-agent-of-change
Read MoreEmpowering Women in Developing Countries to be Businesswomen
I’m inspired that 95 per cent of Opportunity’s loans go to women. You may ask: “Why?” It’s because when Opportunity gives loans to women they invest them in assets for their businesses and the…
Read MoreRipples and Waves: 4 Steps to Becoming an Agent of…
Being an agent of change involves identifying our true essence. Our values. And living a life in harmony with them. It relates to the environment we create, the relationships we cultivate and the commitment…
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