International Women’s Day Bonus Episode with Entrepreneur and Activist Roopa Mehta
The Going Scared Podcast with Jessica Honegger
Jessica Honegger
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women, we invited Roopa Mehta to join us on this special bonus episode of the Going Scared Podcast. Roopa is the CEO of Sasha, an organization that creates meaningful opportunities for artisan groups in rural areas throughout all of India. She and a group of activists came together because of a deep love for their craft and textile traditions. They understand how vulnerable their communities are and were, and that they required intervention. They devised a plan to get market success, development opportunities and gave artisans the tools to be able to run their own businesses; for themselves, their families, their communities, and for the future of their children. Her story will inspire you as we celebrate her accomplishments, today, along with so many women who have made incredible strides to make the world a better place, on International Women’s Day.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jessica Honegger, founder of the socially conscious fashion brand Noonday |
| 0:07.1 | collection. Welcome to the Going Scared Podcast. Today is a really special episode because we are |
| 0:15.0 | celebrating International Women's Day. International Women's Day for |
| 0:19.7 | those of you that may not know was first celebrated in 1911 is a way to honor women all over the world |
| 0:26.9 | for their contributions and achievements. |
| 0:29.6 | And I have to say my dad always told me that some of his earliest memories are of driving |
| 0:35.4 | around with my grandma in the late 1930s she was the head of the chapter for the |
| 0:41.5 | women's league of Voters. |
| 0:44.1 | And with no iPhones back then, |
| 0:46.4 | what they would do is get into their old Ford |
| 0:49.2 | with a megaphone, and my dad would yell |
| 0:52.1 | up and down the streets reminding women to go and vote |
| 0:55.2 | because even though women received the right to vote in 1920 it takes a long |
| 1:01.2 | time to change behavior. |
| 1:03.0 | And that's why I think it's really important |
| 1:05.0 | that we recognize these days and honor these days |
| 1:08.0 | because it is a time for us to stop |
| 1:10.0 | and remember how far our rights have come as women. |
| 1:14.8 | And for me, it's a huge reminder |
| 1:16.8 | to think about all of the women that we get |
| 1:20.0 | to partner with at Noonday Collection. We get to partner with so many inspiring |
| 1:24.5 | woman from around the world and one of those women is Rupa Maita. Rupamata, I |
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