Maria Pacheco, founder of KIEJ DE LOS BOSQUES

KIEJ DE LOS BOSQUES trains rural women to be artisans and links them to national and international markets to sell their crafts under the Wakami brand. Kiej has empowered over 1,500 women

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Accelerate Women NOW

Nicaragua Women and Girls

Accelerate Women Now is both a celebration and a call to action: a unified effort to support and help scale women entrepreneurs in Latin America who are solving social and environmental problems through their business. Agora Women's Scholarship Fund is the component of the campaign, and will provide financial assistance for women entrepreneurs to participate in Agora's Impact Accelerator, which connects high-potential entrepreneurs with the knowledge, networks and capital they need to succeed.

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