In 2012, Profugo started a Tailoring Training Program within our Center of Development. It was a program designed to teach women in an agricultural community the basics of tailoring. What developed from this program went far beyond technical skills, and far beyond what we…
Women’s rights activists around the world have found a new poster child, literally, in 2014 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Malala Yousafzai. Famous for having been shot by members of the Taliban because of her outspokenness about the importance of education for girls in Pakistan,…
Profugo has been lucky to have a team of very active and involved student interns. Most impressively, all of our interns are women. These young women couple their schoolwork with professional work in an effort to gain valuable experience in the realm of international…
In the struggle towards securing Women’s rights and gender equality, the term progress is often strewn throughout the pages of articles and media sites, with no real evidence or data. How do we define real, quantifiable progress in an area that is complex in…