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Successful municipal shop not exactly to plan

By Barbara Sibbald They don’t exactly meet the designated requirements, but there can be no doubting the success of the...

Author: Leslie Vryenhoek Aidemi: Women’s Creative Studios Association, of Kyrgyzstan, is an active member of HomeNet Eastern Europe and Central...

Author: Leslie Vryenhoek Zhazgul Duishenova is a home-based seamstress working in Kyrgyzstan. She also takes in orders from middlemen. “With...

Author: Leslie Vryenhoek To reach Ruth Otieno’s home, you must traverse dirt roads with deep, wide potholes that force traffic...

Author: Leslie Vryenhoek The word “empowered” often feels overused, a buzzword stripped of its true impact. However, Jemimah Nyakongo’s journey...

When asked how many times she’s been arrested as an activist Patricia Coñoman Carrillo shrugs her shoulders. She’s never counted....

A tragic fire in a textile sweatshop fueled an Argentinian workers’ movement to form co-operatives and obtain legal rights. Epifania...

Activism is Tatiana Venus Rojas Orellana’s birthright. Her grandfather was a union activist in mining, her mother, a skillful vendor,...

Carlos Mariani doesn’t need the income for his work as an artisan, but he depends on it for survival. As...

In the beginning, all Edileuza Guimarães wanted was a memorable sweet-sixteen party. Now, she’s an accomplished caterer who co-founded and...