 | | 2012-03-30 07:00
From blog RAGS against the MACHINE
A Needle is a Powerful Thing: A Giveaway
I've wondered about the women artisans involved in Marketplace: Handwork of India as I have worked on this post. Can they imagine the life of an aging academic blogger in the middle of Kansas? But even more, can I imagine their lives in the environs of Mumbai?
Women were were formerly unemployed or "unemployable" have been building new lives through self-help via MarketPlace since 1986. The MarketPlace model of self-help involves them in every aspect of production. They acquire basic skills that they then use in planning aspects of their lives, taking initiative in community actions and their children's schools, and changing the relationships between them and...
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