TEDWomen GLOBAL SHOWCASE

Building Livelihoods for Refugee Women

The needs of refugees have never been greater: over 65 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes. After fleeing war or persecution, artisan work can empower refugees to work, earn a living, and rebuild their lives in dignity. The Artisan Alliance and UNHCR were featured at the 2017 TEDWomen Conference for the annual Global Showcase: Building Livelihoods for Refugee Women. 

The TEDWomen Global Showcase: Building Livelihoods for Refugee Women featured 11 extraordinary enterprises working with refugee women in the hardest-to-reach communities in the world. Together, these enterprises provide employment and income-earning opportunities to more than 1,500 refugee, resettled, and internally displaced women across Africa, the Middle East, and the United States. 

Meet the GLOBAL Showcase Participants:

"One thing I've learned is we can achieve so much more together than we ever can alone"

Refugee Artisan, Indego Africa

The 2017 TEDWomen Global Showcase participants include:

Find additional information about the conference at tedwomen2017.ted.com.

Banner image of Afrika Tiss, by UNHCR