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In India, Daughters-in-Law Encouraged to Speak Up
A mother-in-law often dictates family planning decisions for the younger women in her household. Some health reformers are trying to change that dynamic through counseling efforts and discussion groups.
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Impact Investment Exchange Asia invests in Indian Social Enterprise Spring Health
Singapore based Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) has announced today that its Impact Partners platform has successfully facilitated an investment from two private investors, alongside lead investors from the Artha initiative and the Stone Family Foundation, into Spring Health Water (India) Pte. Ltd., a for-profit Social Enterprise that provides safe and affordable drinking water to rural customers in India.
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Artha Venture Challenge Finalists Announced
15 social ventures in India get opportunity to access INR 25 lakh matched equity fundingThe final cohort for the Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition for early-stage social ventures in India has been announced.
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Matt Damon Tries to Get Clean Water and Toilets for India’s Poor
Matt Damon finds it a challenge to get people to care about water. It’s why he was in India from Aug. 23 to 26 on a four-day tour. Not to promote his latest film Elysium, a sci-fi dystopia with a socialist underpinning, but to help the rural and urban poor in India get access to clean water and sanitation by investing in tube wells, hand pumps and toilets with proper drainage facilities.
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Grameenphone secures $345m to widen rural network
Grameenphone is set to receive $345 million funds from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, to expand its coverage in rural areas.
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Seminar on Islamic microfinance: SBP stresses upon Islamic finance industry to develop Islamic microfinance
State Bank of Pakistan has stressed upon the Islamic finance industry should take steps to make individual as well as collaborative efforts to develop Islamic microfinance in the country.
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How Clean Toilets Can Help Improve the Health of Undernourished Children in India
Thirty-eight percent of India’s children are stunted, according to a recent report by The Lancet on malnutrition. That means that nearly 62 million children in India will not reach their full physical or mental potential.Reducing that number – and we must if India is to reach its fullest potential – is a big effort, one that’s been under way for some time.
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The low cost technology saving premature babies’ lives
Every year more than 20 million babies are born prematurely or with low birth weight - and an estimated 450 of them die each hour.Yet most of these deaths could be avoided by simply keeping them warm.
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