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OrgFarm - Empowering Rural Women Drive Economic Growth
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Since inception, OrgFarm has always strived to provide the highest quality of pure, healthy organic foods to our consumers and to offer a healthier and more abundant life for all.
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Researchers find colorectal cancer screening lags among rural women
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): A study has revealed that women in rural areas lag when it comes to getting screened for colorectal cancer as compared to their urban counterparts.
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Emma Watson lauds Indian rural women for Chipko movement
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): 'Harry Potter' alum Emma Watson lauded Indian rural women for protecting trees and forests through 1970's Chipko Andolan, the non-violent social and ecological movement.
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J-K govt's 'SAATH' programme aims to create 35,000 jobs to empower rural w
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 22 (ANI): 'SAATH', a rural enterprise acceleration programme for self help groups (SHG) women of J&K was launched on September 1 by Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, said a press release.
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Rural women in Rajasthan transforming cottage poultry industry through 'Li
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] August 26 (ANI): Women from rural areas in Rajasthan who are skilled now revolutionising the face of backyard poultry farming through 'Livelihood Pathshalas', according to a release by the state government.
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Chhattisgarh rural women under Godhan Nyay Yojana sell cow dung products o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], August 14 (ANI): In an initiative to empower women from rural areas, cow dung products made by Self Help Groups in Chhattisgarh are being sold online.
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Centre's scheme 'Umeed' gives new lease of life to rural Kashmir women ami
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 26 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Jammu and Kashmir Rural livelihoods Mission known as 'UMEED' has got a new lease of life for several rural women by providing them a platform of Self Help Group (SHG).
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Mission #RedRevolution launched to Make India Anemia Free
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): The healthy dietary gap has been widening in rural and urban India, along with the gap of skills and technology. Raj Shah, founder of Hb+, hence launched #RedRevolution, a mission to make India anemia free while empowering rural women.
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Krishi Vigyan Kendra trains rural women in J-K's Poonch on fruit processin
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 27 (ANI): Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Poonch in collaboration with the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) and Horticulture Department Poonch is providing ten-day training on preservation and processing of fruits, vegetables to the rural women o
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Usha Chaumar, President, Sulabh International Social Service Organisation
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): Usha Chaumar, President, Sulabh International Social Service Organisation and Asha Jha, Madhubani painting artist and rural entrepreneur were honoured with the BRICS CCI WE Rural Women Empowerment Awards at the BRICS CCI WE Women in AtmaNirbhar Bha
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WTP program has given wings to self-reliance dreams of rural women, says g
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): The ministry of science and technology informed on Monday that 10,000 rural women have benefitted from Women Technology Park (WTP) program in the last five years in the country.
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Women inspired by Gandhi Ji's self-reliance pick up 'sui dhaga' to make kh
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] Aug 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Inspired by the Gandhian values of self-reliance, social activist, environmentalist and classical Kathak dancer Arushi Nishank of Uttarakhand supported and trained thousands of rural women in Uttarakhand to take up sui dhaga (needle and th
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