Tagged: women’s empowerment
These worker-owned enterprises empower members to form their own businesses and to take collective control over decisions. For immigrant women, they are a pathway to job opportunities, income, and fulfillment. October is National Women’s Small Business Month – it’s time to celebrate women-owned businesses. Cooperatives are an important part of this ecosystem, allowing members to organize themselves in shared interests and goals as well as to form their own businesses. The cooperative model empowers workers in low-wage industries, including cleaning...
How a young Chinese woman unleashed her inner potential and became more confident than ever living in New York City Written by Arzoo Bhattarai I got to meet Tianrui Ding on a cold, rainy evening in a coffee shop in Queens. Our busy schedules and the inclement winter weather made me wish to end the interview as soon as possible to head back home to relax. But the initial awkward silence and uncomfortable long pauses that are somewhat common in...
Reflections on the one-year anniversary of Real People. Real Lives – a photo and storytelling exhibit on immigrant women In 2017, an unique collaboration of New Women New Yorkers with photographer and filmmaker Dru Blumensheid gave life to an exhibit featuring photographs of 16 immigrant women, an 18-feet-long mural, and a nearly 2-hour film with additional photographs and the audio interviews of the women. The show revealed a nuanced picture of the immigrant women who make NYC their home, the...
Communities thrive when everyone is equipped with the tools for success. New Women New Yorkers believes in the vast potential that every immigrant woman coming to New York has to contribute to our city, regardless of her national origin, cultural background, or educational level. Donate today to our campaign Support Immigrant Women to Enter the Workforce: https://support-immigrant-women.causevox.com Carmen Alvarado immigrated to the US from Venezuela in January 2014. She moved around the country before landing in New York, and graduated...
