Women in Control of Their Lives 44. What do we say to people back home? What did the India trip say that was relevant to people interested in improving human flourishing in Scotland, England and Wales?
Women in Control of Their Lives 43. India and Scotland How does what we saw in India compare with what we see in Scotland?
Women in Control of Their Lives 42. Martin and Eddie reflect on the trip More reflections on the study tour..
Women in Control of Their Lives 41. The Scottish SRG members reflect At the end of the study trip, Adele, Ashley, Fiona and Karen were joined by Eddie to reflect on the implications of the study tour for the SRG movement back in the U.K.
Women in Control of Their Lives 39. Emma, Kate and Sarah, funders and civil servants working to create the conditions for innovation to flourish, reflect on the study tour Three funders reflect on the study tour...
Women in Control of Their Lives 38. The dignity of labour Next to one of Mumbai’s many refuse tips, we are joined in a room by thirty or so litter pickers, women who daily each collect and sell between 40 and 50 kilo of recyclable garbage.
Women in Control of Their Lives 37. Time Everyone appears to be on the move all of the time, so getting from here to there can be complicated. Lateness is not unexpected.
Women in Control of Their Lives 36. Garlic for Plastic The group members go from door to door to ask for dry -bottles, plastic, cardboard- and wet -food- waste. The Self-Help Group members offer garlic for plastic.
Women in Control of Their Lives 35. Joyti’s Chair When Joyti began 65 per cent of women were illiterate. The tide has turned. Today 65 per cent can read and write.
Women in Control of Their Lives 34. At the market One makeshift sports ground has been taken over by a large market, a temporary exhibition centre sheltering about 400 Self-Help Groups selling their products, food and spice, jewellery and other art, kitchenware, and clothing.
Women in Control of Their Lives 33. Women in control The watches we saw today were assembled in a factory called MEADOW, a private company with a difference.
Women in Control of Their Lives 31. Precision Self-Help Affinity Groups meet every week. They save. They penalise one another for shortcomings. The watchword is precision.
Women in Control of Their Lives 30. Aloysius’ Words of wisdom Aloysius Fernandez stands without notes and talks about his work.
Women in Control of Their Lives 29. Self-Reliant Group member Karen reflects on meeting the founder of Self-Help Affinity Groups Karen meets the founder of Self-Help Affinity Groups..
Women in Control of Their Lives 28. Three big bets There are now tens of millions of self-help affinity, Self-Help or Self-Reliant groups around the world. What bets did the inventor Aloysius Fernandez make?
Women in Control of Their Lives 27. Adele from the Five Mummies Make SRG reflects on the first full day Listen to Adele as she talks about the beginning of the study tour...
Women in Control of Their Lives 26. Gentle Commerce Eleven women sit cross legged on the floor of a MYRADA training centre.
Women in Control of Their Lives 25. Raja and his stick Raja is our teacher. He uses a long stick to point at the screen. He doesn’t need it to poke us into attention. We are locked on to his every word.
Women in Control of Their Lives 24. On the borders India is comprised of 28 states. MYRADA works in three, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Women in Control of Their Lives 23. The Study Tour to India In February 2020, 11 people from the U.K. set off to India to study what we call Self-Reliant Groups, an idea born in India. The purpose of the 2020 visit was to learn about scale.
Women in Control of Their Lives 22. More on the Tiny Box The first prototype of Tiny Box developed by the Design Group existing SRG members had five elements.
Women in Control of Their Lives 21. Self-reliant group in an App Eleven women from five Self-reliant groups came together to form a design group. They thought out of the box. They came to the conclusion that if we want 1,000 or more SRGs each year, then tech was going to be part of the structure.
Women in Control of Their Lives 20. What goes in the box? What about designing a box and sending to people who live ‘out of geography’?