craft for women empowerment

Three years ago, Tanushree Jain of Jaipur bootstrapped an idea and named it Nushaura. Today, the start-up is providing livelihood to 250 rural women through scented candles and other products.

Lata Kachhawaha, who arrived in Barmer district in Rajasthan in 1985, works with Sure NGO to empower women of the Meghwal community to earn a living through Kashidakari, a traditional form of embroidery.

Assam's Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi found an innovative of way of dealing with the plastic waste thrown around Kaziranga National Park — weaving it into traditional handloom that is today helping over 2000 village women earn a livelihood.

Read how one lady transformed rural women into entrepreneurs who use Skype and run their own businesses. Here is all you need to know about this inspiring story of change.