Youth Meet Female Leaders From Various Industries and Imagine New Possibilities
Dallas, Texas Field trips and workforce exposure events allow the adolescent clients to connect with professional women and learn invaluable job readiness skills. Last fall, the participants in our Dallas Youth Workforce Development Program took a field trip to Southwest Airlines headquarters and learned about available career paths. During the field trip, they learned networking […]
Sokha Pivots into a New Field, Creating a Life of Economic Security for Her Daughter
Sokha Pivots into a New Field, Creating a Life of Economic Security for Her Daughter Sokha grew up living far away from school and knew she was at high risk of being trafficked while she traveled there alone. Though Sokha persistedin her education, she later had no choice but to drop out of secondary school […]
Mamta Reaches Financial Security With Her husband as Her Business Partner
Mamta Reaches Financial Security With Her Husband as Her Business Partner As we continue to work in remote areas with gender-marginalizing cultural norms, we are learning to support our clients more holistically. When Mamta enrolled in our programs, she wanted to relocate and get a job at one of our job creation partners, an ethically […]
Despite Cultural Norms, Deepti Relocates for a New Job Opportunity, Becoming Financially Independent
Despite Cultural Norms, Deepti Relocates for a New Job Opportunity, Becoming Financially Independent Deepti grew up in an underprivileged household where her father struggled as the sole provider for his family of seven. While she never experiencedtrafficking or exploitation firsthand, her family’s socio-economic positioning made them highly vulnerable. In Odisha, which ranks nine among India’s […]
Newly Employed, with Her Own Savings Account –– Mealea Reduces Economic Vulnerability in Her Family
Poipet, Cambodia Living in a border city like Poipet, where traffickers prey on economically vulnerable families seeking higher wages, Mealea was highly susceptible to exploitative jobs and labor trafficking snares. Mealea dreamed of financial stability and a secure job to support her family. After dropping out of high school, Mealea could only secure work as […]
Youth in Dallas Program Completed Their First Corporate Internship!
Youth in Dallas Program Completed Their First Corporate Internship! For the youth in our Dallas program, a paid internship is a vital experience that exposes them to new employment opportunities, a professional networkof female leaders, and a pathway toward furthereducation, specialized certification, and career planning. Hilti Corporation is a multinational company that strives to create […]
Adolescent Girls in India Use Their Voices to Protect Those Most Vulnerable in Their Communities
Adolescent Girls in India Use Their Voices to Protect Those Most Vulnerable in Their Communities During a recent staff visit to Odisha, an adolescent client, Akira, shared with our Director of International Programs that she and a friend saw a couplefighting in the local market. When the husband hit the wife, Akira called the police […]
Saachi Jumpstarts Her Career in Business Development, Landing a Promotion and Overcoming Her Fear of Forced Marriage
West Bengal, India Growing up, Saachi always feared that, like many girls in her village, she would be forced to marry at a young age. She dreamed of finishing her university studies and helping her family financially, but her future was sidetracked when her father became implicated in a criminal case. After her father’s case, […]
India Program Participant Starts Successful Jewelry Business, Providing Safe Jobs for Other Women in Her Community
India Program Participant Starts Successful Jewelry Business, Providing Safe Jobs for Other Women in Her Community Since most girls in Aashvi’s rural hometown are raised in poverty and discouraged from completing their education or attaining financial independence, women are at extremely high risk of being trafficked. At one of our West Bengal sites, program trainer, […]
After Reaching Economic Freedom, Rashmi Rises as a ‘Responding Hero’ in Her Community
West Bengal, India Rashmi always took pride in her studies. Financing her schooling was difficult for her father, who is a painter and does not earn much. She is also the eldest of her parents’ daughters, a status which brought other challenges. According to local customs, her younger sisters could only get married if she did […]
