From a renowned octogenarian’s kind gesture to a t-shirt spreading hope – the top stories of the week
This week, SocialStory witnessed Ratan Tata’s first act of kindness in 2021, along with other stories of empowerment, hope and positivity.
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Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group,
Ratan Tata, visited one of his ailing employees in Pune, without any fanfare, as has been his style over the years.
Meanwhile, a single black T-shirt has travelled from India to Singapore, and then further on to Tokyo, Los Angeles and other places through an extraordinary show of hope and positivity called
Project Hope.
This New York organisation is empowering low-income women in India through financial inclusion
Women’s World Banking is helping over 22 million women clients in India achieve financial independence. It aims to serve eight million more women by 2022.
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In the first UN World Conference on Women held in Mexico City in 1975 a group of women discussed the idea of financial independence for women and how it could give them control over their own lives.
At the time, this was almost a dream for many women, even in the United States, who started owning a credit card, thanks to the