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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Mazouma Sanou -- If you help a woman, you help the country [WFP, West Africa]

“If you help a man you help one family, if you help a woman you help the country.” 
One woman’s experience
Mazouma Sanou is a 43-year old woman farmer from Burkina Faso. She is married and the mother of three children. Mazouma is a member of a P4P-supported cooperative union called UPPA-Houet. Today, the union has 20,500 members, 11,000 of whom are women. Mazouma contributes maize, sorghum, and niébé (cowpeas) to her union’s sales to WFP.
Stephanie Doty
Women's Issues Matter
February 19, 2014
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