Women Empowerment
Meet Shabnam Sheikh
August 10, 2020
"If I had failed in my second attempt it would have been the end of my dreams."
Shabnam Sheikh Education for Life...
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Embracing Technology During the Lockdown
July 29, 2020 REACHING OUT TO ARTISANS
By: Nishi, Assistant Director, SHARE
The sudden lockdown in March was shocking. My team and I...
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Meet Vasanti Mirkar
July 27, 2020
"Now my neighbors come to me when they have a problem...or just want to talk to someone who listens."
Vasanti Mirkar...
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Meet Kalpana Chikne
June 29, 2020
"People ask my opinion for the first time in my life."
Embroidery Artisan at Arpan Cooperative
Kalpana learned about the...
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Meet Kala Darji
June 09, 2020
"The women artisans are doing so much for their families and communities... I admire their spirit!"
Kala Darji Design...
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Women's Day 2020
March 24, 2020
Lavina Mistik - Ekta Cooperative "I think a woman as a mother has the ability to love unconditionally. My son has a...
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Indicators for Success
March 17, 2020 Pride and Independence
Dignity not Charity has been our philosophy from the very beginning. We wanted to distinguish MarketPlace...
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Artisans Glow with Success
March 16, 2020 SMM members since 2015: (left to right) Sushma Raut, Sampada Devil , Nilima Matre, Rita Singh
Artisans glow with the success...
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Meet Suman Mali
February 17, 2019
"I have learned so many things after joining the group."
Embroidery Artisan at Ranphul Mahila Mandal Cooperative ....
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Meet Sanju Maurya
January 01, 2020
"The whole group depends on me."
Sanju Maurya Embroidery Artisan and Supervisor at Arpan Cooperative.
The women of...
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New Year Resolutions
January 06, 2020
Like people all over the world, the artisans in India took a few minutes to come up with their own New Year's Resolutions....
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Meet Deepali Berde
December 12, 2019
"Seeing them working and talking to them convinced me that I wanted to be a part of this."
Deepali Berde Tailor and...
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Building Independence
October 28, 2019
When the artisans were determining "values to live by"
Independence was a popular choice. No surprise that it made the...
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Meet Sadhna Vishwakarma
October 21, 2019
"My earnings have given me self-worth, importance and independence."
Sadhna Vishwakarma Tailor at WARE Collective....
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Meet Mehmoda Qureshi
June 02, 2019
"I particularly enjoy seeing how a garment can be transformed by my addition of embroidery."
Mehmoda Qureshi An...
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Meet Radha & Roopa Sharma
June 01, 2019
Radha and Roopa Sharma Sewing Artisans and now MarketPlace staff in Mumbai
Succeeding in Different Ways: "I never dreamed...
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Energized, Uplifting, Transformative...
May 24, 2019
A lifelong dream came true in March when my husband and I had the opportunity to visit India. Our most important, thus first stop,...
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Empowerment Through the News
May 23, 2019
Reading a daily newspaper was simply not a part of the artisans' lives. First of all, many of the women cannot read or write....
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