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Feb 12 2021February 12, 2021

Story: Gambian entrepreneur empowers women through organic cotton production

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / February 12, 2021 February 12, 2021

Elsie’s Women Empowerment Farm is known as the first women-owned farm producing organic cotton in the Gambia, and as the name might suggest, women’s economic empowerment is at the heart of this enterprise. Moreover, as a member of the Young Female Farmers Association, Elsie A. Williams works together with the association to boost women’s role …

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Feb 11 2021February 11, 2021

What I’ve Learned As A Female CEO In A Male-Dominated Industry

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / February 11, 2021 February 11, 2021

CEO of Stor.ai. Image Credit: GETTY Throughout my 20-year career leading high-tech and startup companies, I’ve worked with a number of inspirational entrepreneurs who I always strived to emulate. I admired my role models’ abilities to handle adversity and negotiate ambiguity. Despite working in an overwhelmingly male industry, I never saw my gender as an obstacle …

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Feb 10 2021February 10, 2021

After Losing Everything To Robbery, Kerala Woman Rebuilds Chips Business With Just Rs 100

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Covid - 19, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021

40-year-old Elavarasi Jayakanth was hit hard after a robbery took place in her supermarket in 2011. A year later, with just ₹100 investment, she turned entrepreneur and opened a stall at the railway station. After having toiled hard for years, Elavarasi now owns four chips stores in Kerala’s Thrissur, and earns more than ₹5 lakh …

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Feb 8 2021February 8, 2021

Ashna Dhanuka is Changing the Way People See Themselves

1 Comment / ChangeMaker, Covid - 19, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / February 8, 2021 February 8, 2021

Thanks to the pandemic, there has never been a time when people were more unsure about the future. But, as doubts begin to spiral within, and mental health has become a top priority, some leaders have taken a step forward to address everything at hand. Ashna Dhanuka is a part of that army of change-makers. …

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Feb 5 2021February 5, 2021

Women cycle from Wagha border to Arunachal to promote pollution free environment

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Pollution, Save Earth, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / February 5, 2021 February 5, 2021

We are starting a trans-Himalaya cycling expedition with an aim of spreading awareness regarding women empowerment and clean Himalaya With an aim to convey a message of pollution-free environment and women empowerment in the society, two women from Bihar and Uttarakhand have started a cycling expedition from the Wagah border to Arunachal Pradesh. “Our motive …

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