国内英语资讯:Across China: Poverty-reduction workshops bring new life to ethnic minority women
<p><span word="LANZHOU">LANZHOU</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 3-- <span word="Bound">Bound</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="levels">levels</span>, <span word="traditions">traditions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="responsibilities">responsibilities</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="impoverished">impoverished</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="dared">dared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="gain">gain</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="life">life</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eradicate">eradicate</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="gathering">gathering</span> <span word="steam">steam</span>, <span word="small">small</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="workshops">workshops</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="doorsteps">doorsteps</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="empowering">empowering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="roles">roles</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="families">families</span>.</p><p><span word="Ma">Ma</span> <span word="Xiuping">Xiuping</span>, <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Linxia">Linxia</span> <span word="Hui">Hui</span> <span word="Autonomous">Autonomous</span> <span word="Prefecture">Prefecture</span>, <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Gansu">Gansu</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hide">hide</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="excitement">excitement</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="recalling">recalling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="barely">barely</span> <span word="read">read</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="imagined">imagined</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="salary">salary</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Ma">Ma</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> 50<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="cooperative">cooperative</span> <span word="Ma">Ma</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="cloth">cloth</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="employs">employs</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="impoverished">impoverished</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Gansu">Gansu</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>-<span word="alleviation">alleviation</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 8,000 <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="farms">farms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="chores">chores</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="started">started</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="money">money</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="confident">confident</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> 28-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Ma">Ma</span> <span word="Fatumai">Fatumai</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="workshop">workshop</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Ma">Ma</span> <span word="Xiuping">Xiuping</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="earned">earned</span> 1,350 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (<span word="about">about</span> 190 <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>).</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="Huang">Huang</span> <span word="Ayingshe">Ayingshe</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>-<span word="reduction">reduction</span> <span word="workshop">workshop</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prefecture">prefecture</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="association">association</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="is">is</span> "<span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="fun">fun</span>" <span word="than">than</span> <span word="staying">staying</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span>.</p>
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