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Insurance Against A Crisis
September 6th, 2023
Kunti Morya, Embroidery Artisan at Arpan Cooperative
Among the less affluent in India, health insurance is only a recent...
Read Post » From Reluctance to Resilience: Utsaah's Artisan Empowerment Story
August 28th, 2023
Utsaah's path to creation was unique. When it was founded in 2022, some of the women artisans had been associated with MarketPlace...
Read Post » Chindis: Redefining Fashion with Sustainable Creativity
August 23rd, 2023
Waste fabric scraps are inevitable in textile and garment production. When we cut lengths of fabric for a garment, there are always...
Read Post » The Power Of Embroidery
August 9th, 2023
Rinky Gupta, Embroidery Artisan at Nirmaan Collective
Hand embroidery is a hallmark of the MarketPlace brand, present on...
Read Post » Slow Fashion With A Purpose
August 9th, 2023
MarketPlace: Handwork of India didn't set out to create a fair trade, ethically-manufactured clothing line. Our brand is artful,...
Read Post » Summer Fest 2023
July 25th, 2023
We celebrated Summer Fest! The children and their parents had a ball working on all aspects, from planning and setting up to...
Read Post » Meet Anita Sakpal
June 26th, 2023
"Voicing my opinion has been a journey for me. As a young girl I was always told to be quiet and to listen to people even when they...
Read Post » Meet Tasleem Alauddin Shaikh
June 5th, 2023
"I think access to knowledge is the most important thing in life." "
Tasleem Alauddin Shaikh
EMBROIDERY ARTISAN AT...
Read Post » Meet Sunita Gorad
May 25th, 2023
"I joined the cooperative looking for a job, but I also found my voice."
Sunita Gorad
TAILOR AT SHRAMIK MAHILA MANDAL...
Read Post » Gaining Confidence
May 24th, 2023
The mission of empowering women is in MarketPlace's DNA. Economic empowerment is the beginning of it all, and a variety of...
Read Post » Meet Shivangi Mestry
May 15th, 2023
""When our group won the beauty contest at the Women's Day celebration, I felt a new confidence in myself!"
Shivangi Mestry...
Read Post » The Courage to Act
May 1st, 2023
This February, I had the privilege of teaching an acting workshop in Mumbai with fourteen women from MarketPlace India. (My wife,...
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