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Earning a Living from Earthquake Reconstruction: Women’s Experiences

A mandatory minimum 30% of the trainees in two Nepalese reconstruction projects were female, in a drive to give women opportunities not only to learn new skills, but to gain employment afterwards.
Written by Mona Sherpa, Jane Carter - 31. October 2017
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A Woman’s Work Is Never Done: Addressing Unpaid Care Work

Even if women would like to be leaders in the social development of their community, there may simply not be enough hours in the day for this, unless their care work burden is reduced or redistributed.
Written by Mona Sherpa, Smriti RDN Neupane, Sara Bachmann, Sarah Byrne - 07. February 2017