Update: Help Mexican Craftswomen Sell their Art in Europe

By Katherine Zavala - Program Fellow, IDEX, March 31, 2006 02:56 PM

K’inal Antsetik has now been working with the Jolom Mayaetik cooperative for over ten years, helping the cooperative develop its own independent financial systems, product designs and marketing strategies. The cooperative is currently one of the most successful fair trade businesses in Chiapas. Through their success with Jolom Mayaetik, the staff of K’inal Antsetik began to offer leadership development and financial administration workshops to other indigenous women’s collectives.

As a result, in 2004, K’inal Antsetik opened a Women’s Leadership Center, located on the outskirts of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. The Center was built to house the training facilities of the 300-member Jolom Mayaetik (Mayan Weavers) cooperative, and also to provide services and educational opportunities to a broad range of rural and urban women seeking the skills to improve their living conditions.

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