Construction provides Brazilian women a route to self sufficiency

Video posted March 23, 2012 in News by Jill Knight

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An innovative program in Brazil is giving low-income women a chance at financial stability.

Mão na Massa, developed in Rio de Janeiro, empowers socially and financially vulnerable women by teaching them the skills necessary to succeed in Rio de Janeiro’s booming construction industry.

Graduates of this program have helped Brazil reach a milestone, doubling the presence of women in the construction industry over the last five years. 

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Jill Knight

Graduate / Visual Journalism

Jill Knight is a graduate of the visual journalism program at Penn State’s University Park campus.

In the spring of 2012, Jill traveled to Rio de Janeiro with a team of students for a short-term international reporting project. Her multimedia piece from the trip won first place in a NPPA quarterly student clip contest and was published in various McClatchy news service publications.

In the fall of 2012, Jill was selected to be a member of the Online News Assocation student newsroom and was invited to attend the Eddie Adams workshop. Jill has worked as a freelance photographer for Polaris Images, The Centre Daily Times, The York Dispatch, The Fayetteville Observer and is a student contributor to Penn State’s CommMedia.

Jill’s photo story, A Navy Officer in Training, recently won 4th place in the Hearst Journalism Awards picture story category.

Jill was most recently a photo intern at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and will be interning with the Charlotte Observer in summer 2013.

Her work can be seen on her website: http://www.jillianknight.com