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Scaling Up Artisan Businesses: the Story of Sahalandy in Madagascar
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
Mon Apr 28, 2014
Washington, DC
Date
Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:30pm – 6:00pm
Location
Washington, DC, United States
Aspen Institute
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700, Large Conference Room
Featuring Sahalandy as an exemplary case, The Alliance for Artisan Enterprise and Aspen Global Health and Development will host a screening of award-winning documentary: The Silkies of Madagascar, followed by a discussion on the impact of market access for artisan communities, addressing challenges and successes in the field.
Opening remarks by Greta Schettler, Senior Economic Policy Advisor for the US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues
Featured panelists include:
Natalie Mundy, Director of Finance & Operations of Sahalandy
Shari Berenbach, President of the United States African Development Foundation
Closing remarks by Natika Washington, Director of Global Programs for the US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues
Moderated by Peggy Clark, Alliance Director and VP of Policy Programs at The Aspen Institute
Vrinda Batra is an Administrative and Executive Associate at the Aspen Institute’s Global Innovators Group (AGI). There, she supports AGI’s programs on long-term community resilience that aim to advance global health equity. This includes planning and executing flagship AGI convenings at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York and the annual Aspen Ideas Health and Festival in Colorado, among others.
Vrinda completed her Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University in December 2022, where she worked as an Editorial Assistant for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. Her studies focused on gender, development, and security in South Asia. While at Georgetown, Vrinda was also a Research Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and a Graduate Consultant with nonprofit HasNa. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Humanities from O.P. Jindal Global University in Sonipat, India.
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