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The episode discusses how rural indigenous women in Guatemala are empowered through access to global markets, featuring guest Ruth Álvarez-DeGolia.

Send us Fan Mail What happens when rural indigenous women gain access to global markets? Lives transform, cycles of poverty break, and daughters begin to dream of careers unimaginable to their mothers. This powerful story unfolds as we speak with Ruth Álvarez-DeGolia, who started Mercado Global as an Ivy-League university sophomore selling handcrafted items on campus, and has since built a movement empowering thousands of women across rural Guatemala. The magic happens at the intersec...

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Guest: Ruth Álvarez-DeGolia

Topics covered

• empowerment
• women
• poverty
• global markets
• handcrafted items
• rural communities

Keywords

• empowerment
• women
• poverty
• Guatemala
• Mercado Global
• handcrafted
• global markets
• rural indigenous

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercado Global

Places: Guatemala

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