[This podcast is shared from All We Can, our sister organisation. Linbert Spencer is also the chair of the board of trustees for Y Care International] Tuesday 21st March marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. You can find out more about the day on the United Nations Website. To mark this hugely important International Day, we sat down with Y Care International's Chair of Trustees, and inclusion expert, Linbert Spencer—talking about inclusive leadership, and his experiences in his work as a consultant for communities and organisations. Linbert Spencer is an accomplished international consultant, trainer and coach who has been helping organisations and individuals to transform themselves for more than 30 years.

This is the trailer for the podcast series Stitching up Poverty. The series tells the story of a remarkable project in Sindh Province in rural Pakistan. The women there face some of the toughest conditions in the world. Poverty is endemic, violence is commonplace and many of the women in the region aren't even allowed out of their homes unaccompanied. Can this project make a difference and empower the women and put them in charge of their own destinies? Listen to the podcast series to find out.

Stitching up Poverty – is the story of a remarkable project aimed at empowering some of the most marginalized women in the world. The women of rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. These women face extreme poverty and a male-dominated culture which has traditionally severely limited their role in society condemning them to life as second class citizens. This time we hear about the project's impact on the men. This podcast series tells the story of the project based on more than 100 personal stories collected from those directly involved.

This is the Stitching up Poverty podcast. This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping some of the most marginalized people in the world. Women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Life is unrelenting for the women and girls in these villages. They face deep-rooted poverty, have no, or very limited access, to education and have few opportunities to work. The villages they live in are dominated by the men – violence against the women and girls is common and choices about their own lives are not in their own hands. In this episode we look at the project’s impact on child marriage another factor in the cycle of male dominance and enforced female subservience in the region

This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Life is tough to say the least for these women and girls. They face deep-rooted poverty, and have no or very limited access, to education and few opportunities to work. The men dominate – and the women face violence and have little say in their own lives. In this podcast series we look at an empowerment project which seeks to break this cycle. The project is at first glance simple enough - teach women embroidery skills so they can earn money. But it goes much further than this and seeks to create an environment where women and girls are in charge of their own destinies. In this episode we look at the project’s impact on violence against women. The podcast is told using stories collected from men and women in the 22 villages of Umerkot district.

This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping some of the most marginalized people in the world. Women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Live is unrelenting for the women in these villages – they are amongst the poorest and most diadvantaged in the world. They face a cycle of poverty and have few opportunities for work and they live in a male dominated culture in which they are traditionally expected to play a subservient role. In this edition we look at the project’s impact on the education of women and girls. The podcast is made up of stories collected from the region.

This is a podcast about a struggle – the struggle of young women facing some of the biggest challenges in the world. These women live in rural Pakistan under the toughest circumstances imaginable. The women are from 22 villages in Umerkot a district in Sindh Province. It’s hot, temperatures get up to 40 degrees, and it’s inhospitable too. Families live in one room homes without running water or electricity, there’s not enough food to go around and over 90% of the women are illiterate as they haven’t been to school. The male dominated culture restricts the physical movements of the women too – even a visit to the market is a major achievement. It is difficult to imagine a place where the odds are more stacked against women and girls. And yet this is a hopeful story of a how a simple project is bringing about change. In the podcast we’ll hear the stories of the women themselves. They were collected during the project and they are read by Beenish Tufail Cheema. This first podcast focuses on economic empowerment.