How financial literacy is lifting women out of poverty

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An Australian not-for-profit organisation is targeting financial literacy as the path to lifting women out of poverty in developing countries. In the lead-up to International Women's Day, Action on Poverty says its economic empowerment projects are providing new opportunities for impoverished communities.

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