Turkey

Turkey

Samsun A 5-O project has been established in the Black Sea province of Samsun in Northern Turkey. While the capital city, also named Samsun, is experiencing rapid industrial and population growth, only a small proportion of the local women have been able to find jobs...
Togo, West Africa

Togo, West Africa

This project is in partnership with AFASA (Association of Women for Literacy, Health and Income Generation) and provides literacy training and French lessons for women, while training for teachers and supervisors is also given. Seminars are offering skills in...
Thailand

Thailand

In the rice-growing district of Sri Mahapot in Prajinburi Province, a 5-O project has been developed by the Thai Association of University Women in cooperation with the four other organisations in the 5-O partnership. In-service training of effective teaching and...
Senegal

Senegal

Nabadji-Civol is an isolated rural community in Eastern Senegal. A project was set up there in 1991 to establish a supply of drinking water and an irrigation system, and raise the agricultural activity from subsistence to a regular income level. A Women’s Social and...
Samoa

Samoa

This was the first 5-O project in the South Pacific. The project, known as Home Economics, is based at St. Mary’s School in Apia. Girls and women are taught the basic skills of sewing, cooking, housekeeping, child care and handicraft. Baking of fruit cakes and wedding...