Working in a majority white organisation can make people of colour feel like they don’t belong. For some, that prompts deep commitment to change social enterprises and charities from within.
In a part of Brazil that’s especially hard hit by Covid-19, an all-female social enterprise is reinventing its work to support the community and strengthen women-led businesses.
A Rio de Janeiro engineer – whose speedily-designed portable sinks allow workers and homeless people to wash their hands – on raising eyebrows as an all-female construction team and the 'rollercoaster of emotions' under Covid-19.
Andrea Gamson, co-founder of _SocialStarters and WISE100 Women’s Champion award-winner, on surviving the 2004 tsunami, booking in ‘monk days’ for her mental health, and plugging the skills gap in social enterprise.
Brazil’s coastal city Rio de Janeiro might seem worlds apart from the UK’s London borough of Hackney. But on a recent visit, three Brazilian visitors are inspired by British women's work in social enterprise.
