Women Empowerment
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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Our Mission in Products... Hand Embroidery
May 11, 2019
Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because...
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Let's Talk About Respect!
May 01, 2019
Let's Talk About Respect...Living Our Values, Changing Lives
R-E-S-P-E-C-T is one of the five values the women artisans...
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Meet Rashmi Sharma
March 01, 2019
"I've gained alot of strength from the confident, happy women at Nirmaan"
Rashmi Sharma An Embroidery Artisan at Nirmaan...
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International Women's Day 2019
March 13, 2019
On March 8, I was thrilled to join in the celebration of International Women's Day in Mumbai. Women artisans from each of the...
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MarketPlace Milestones
November 17, 2018
The Beginning:
Sisters Pushpika Freitas and Lalita Monteiro were exposed to social work from an early age. Their mother, Florie...
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A Day in the Life of Pushpa Jaiswal
June 16, 2018
An Embroidery Artisan from Sahara.
Pushpa, age 52, was married when she was 15. She now lives in Mumbai with her husband, Om...
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A Day in the Life of Darshana Hemade
June 01, 2018
Embroidery artisan at Ranphul Mahila Mandal
Darshana lives in Dahisar with her husband Denesh, a rickshaw driver, their...
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Living Our Values
November 06, 2017
For over 30 years MarketPlace has been enabling women artisans to improve their lives not just in terms of economics, but also...
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Starting a New Cooperative
October 07, 2017
Organizing a women's cooperative in a new location in India is not as simple as placing a want ad and waiting for people to show...
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Ranphul Mahila Mandal: Flowers in the Country
April 22, 2017
Away from the congestion and bustle of Mumbai's slums lies an area full of fields of blooming flowers. Behind this pretty...
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What I've Taught My Children So Far...
December 19, 2016
Inspiring the next generation of children is a big part of our mission and very important to the women of MarketPlace. We asked...
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One Stone, Many Ripples
July 28, 2016
MarketPlace has been experiencing a good phase with growing sales, exciting designs and an increase in the number of groups and...
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