Guwahati: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation of Northeast in collaboration with the United States Consulate organised a talk on ‘Social Entrepreneurship: Building a Business Around People, Planet & Profit’ in Guwahati, Assam recently.
The talk was presented by US speaker Dawn Manske, founder chief executive officer (CEO) of ‘Made for Freedom’, a social enterprise using fashion to empower sex trafficking survivors through its products that are made by women rescued from sex trafficking and those coming out of marginalised situations.
The round-table discussion and presentation was attended by nearly 35 women entrepreneurs from the region. It mainly focused on encouraging and facilitating women to showcase their talents, skills, experiences and energies across sectors and verticals of the economy, for a truly inclusive economic growth trajectory. The event was conducted by the FLO (Northeast) secretary Shweta Jindal.
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