Reuters

Villages ban single women from owning "distracting" mobile phones

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Several villages in Gujarat have banned girls and single women from owning mobile phones, saying the devices distract them from their studies. A couple of ...
Jefferson Public Radio

For years, men controlled one village's coffee industry — but one woman changed that

Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee ...
North Country Public Radio

Coffee transformed her life — and the lives of women from her village in Uganda

Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee beans she'd grown up with on her parents' farm could lead her to a better life.
Reuters

Indian villages ban single women from owning 'distracting' mobile phones

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Several villages in the western Indian state of Gujarat have banned girls and single women from owning mobile phones, saying the devices distract them from their ...