{"id":230051,"date":"2023-12-19T12:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/girl-power\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:46:27","slug":"girl-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/en\/girl-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"230051\" class=\"elementor elementor-230051 elementor-222686\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57d9128 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57d9128\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34be755\" data-id=\"34be755\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667dd36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"667dd36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>300 young girls on the road to employment in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70b5c84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70b5c84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7bff9f\" data-id=\"b7bff9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8994af9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8994af9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" src=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-222691\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-1-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8799315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8799315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Closing ceremony for cohort 2<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2654fa0\" data-id=\"2654fa0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6dc0b9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6dc0b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The completion rate for girls in lower secondary school rose from <strong>34.6% in 2013-2014 to 54.6% in 2017-2018<\/strong>, according to the Ivorian government. But what happens to these girls who leave school so early ? And those who don&#8217;t go to school at all ? How can we help them become autonomous ? All these questions led Empow&#8217;Her to set up the two-year <a href=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/projets\/girl-power-2\/\">Girl Power<\/a> project in 2020 to support vulnerable girls aged between 16 and 24.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4fe004 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4fe004\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;bb1bf29&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0ebf91\" data-id=\"e0ebf91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8386fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8386fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The low school completion rate is undoubtedly a consequence of the low representation of women in the C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire labor market. In fact, in 2022, 51% of women were in the workforce, compared with 81% of men, according to the 2022 report from the French Planning, Studies and Documentation Office. In this regard, the Girl Power project<strong> facilitate the economic and social empowerment of young girls<\/strong> to provide them with life skills such as literacy (for those who haven&#8217;t been to school at all), entrepreneurship and civic engagement, with competent mentors and trainers. This project is part of the resocialization program for the most vulnerable teenage girls.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae0200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cae0200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\"><ul>\n \t<li><strong>300 beneficiaries<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>16 speakers<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>86 mentors<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>70 companies mobilized<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c782bc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c782bc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d998e3\" data-id=\"2d998e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-664c0d1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"664c0d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">In collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/cotedivoire\/recits\/girl-power\">UNICEF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscn.ci\/\">OSCN<\/a>, the Girl Power project has supported the socio-economic reintegration of 300 vulnerable girls aged between 16 and 24 from the cities of Abidjan, San-Pedro and Boundiali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The three-cohort project involved training participants for three months in civics and life skills, then giving them access to Empow&#8217;Her&#8217;s incubator centers in Abidjan and San-Pedro, where trainers delivered 18 modules to enable them to take charge of their own development.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1eca97f\" data-id=\"1eca97f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54b42b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a54b42b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-2-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-222736\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-2-.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-2--300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-2--768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-2--600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a36cc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20a36cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Serge Kouadio, Girl Power project manager with &#8220;his girls&#8221;.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cd236f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cd236f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7adebec\" data-id=\"7adebec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6cc84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a6cc84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 21.296px; letter-spacing: -0.8px; white-space: normal;\"><b>Three stage training<\/b><\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0c195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e0c195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The course consisted of three main phases :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">Inspiration and ideation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\"> The girls will identify their entrepreneurial profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">Planning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">This stage involved supporting the young girls in building their business model. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">Making it happen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">This final phase consolidates the girls&#8217; achievements. At the end of the incubation period, they took part in an internship according to their choice (sewing, hairdressing, beauticians, pastry-making, decoration, painting, catering, pig farming, fashion trade, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aeeb39e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aeeb39e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2bc88a\" data-id=\"d2bc88a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-422e387 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"422e387\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 21.296px; letter-spacing: -0.8px; white-space: normal;\"><b>The second chance school !<\/b><\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4c0734 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4c0734\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47b54fb\" data-id=\"47b54fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9381f1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9381f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-3--375x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-image-222738\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c667172 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c667172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banassa in her living room, wearing her own make-up<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c33c7d5\" data-id=\"c33c7d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a4d560 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a4d560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">Banassa Bamba is one of the women supported by the project. She is 21 years old, and when we met her on October 11, 2023, a year after her training, she told us that Girl power is one of the best things that has happened to her in her life.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The journey was intense at first, but with time, she got the hang of it and saw how lucky she was to be able to take charge of her life through the nail technician training she chose to follow. According to her story, she only set aside the bonuses that the project paid her each month for the internship, and after twelve months of internship, she took this sum to set up her own small manicure-pedicure salon.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c11b175 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c11b175\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07edfcb\" data-id=\"07edfcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f08f5b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f08f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I bought a container for 230,000F and nail technician accessories to start my business. My aunt gave me 130,000F CFA for other expenses&#8221;, she calculated before adding that to date, she has paid off all her loans and is doing well. &#8220;I&#8217;ve saved money, I&#8217;ve taken care of my sick mother and just recently, I&#8217;ve helped with my brothers&#8217; schooling since our father is no longer with us,&#8221; confides the young girl proudly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the project&#8217;s final report, 95% of beneficiaries are satisfied with the support provided. 70% have started an entrepreneurial activity. 88% said they had gained self-confidence skills.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-160bd3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"160bd3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8e216b\" data-id=\"b8e216b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6179fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6179fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Photo-4-1-375x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-image-222741\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94ac0b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94ac0b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b98f914\" data-id=\"b98f914\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f3257 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87f3257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banassa&#8217;s mother, proud of her daughter enjoying a scrub made by her daughter <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f3009 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a9f3009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/projets\/girl-power-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find out more about the Girl Power project<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>300 young girls on the road to employment in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire Closing ceremony for cohort 2 The completion rate for girls in lower secondary school rose from 34.6% in 2013-2014 to 54.6% in 2017-2018, according to the Ivorian government. 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