At least 24,000 women living in rural areas of the 21 municipalities of 12 provinces benefited from 2012 to 2015, empowerment projects valued at more than USD 900,000, Angop learned Monday. According to the representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Angola, Pier Paolo Balladelli, the amount was funded by the Embassy of Norway to Angola. The project called "Promotion of Angolan women through civil society" aims to finance rural women with micro-credit for the creation of community gardens, cash income, training on business management, how to start and manage the proje