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** WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
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Contents:
* Young women entrepreneurs from Moldova support the local market with healthy lifestyle-promoting businesses
* Take Five: “Young people are the leaders of the food systems transformation”
* Ending violence against women in Uganda takes a step forward with critical law reforms passed in Parliament




** Young women entrepreneurs from Moldova support the local market with healthy lifestyle-promoting businesses ([link removed])
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Aug 26, 2021 09:50 am
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Two young women entrepreneurs from the Republic of Moldova, Nadejda Hadjivu and Victoria Sobol, managed to start their businesses, promoting local, healthy products, during the COVID-19 pandemic. With support from the Organization for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises Sector (ODIMM) in Moldova, UN Women and the Government of Japan, they have been able to sustain and expand their businesses.
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** Take Five: “Young people are the leaders of the food systems transformation” ([link removed])
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Aug 24, 2021 10:23 am
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Maryam Aleisa is the founder and Executive Director of Refood, a non-profit company dedicated to reducing and repurposing food waste in Kuwait.
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** Ending violence against women in Uganda takes a step forward with critical law reforms passed in Parliament ([link removed])
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Aug 23, 2021 03:28 pm
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Overhauling outdated and discriminatory legislation is essential to ending violence against women and girls, and the women’s movement in Uganda has ensured an incredible leap forward was taken in 2021.
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