By KUNA,
Washington : US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has announced a new initiative to empower women in the Muslim world.
“Often, it takes only one woman to make a difference. If you empower her with information, training, or a micro loan, she can uplift her entire family and her whole community. Multiply this effect on one woman by a hundred, and thousands of lives can change. That is what the One Woman Initiative is all about,” said Rice in launching the initiative Monday.
“One Woman Initiative Fund for Women’s Empowerment” was launched in the State Department with a USD 100 million budget to empower women in Muslim countries, a public-private partnership of corporations and foundations with the US government.
“The Fund will support programmes such as business training for women entrepreneurs, skill-building to help women take greater roles in politics and leadership, and efforts to increase women’s access to justice,” said a statement released by the State Department.