In this podcast we talk to existing women entrepreneurs and women who are striving to become entrepreneurs, despite obstacles and adversity, from all around the world.

5. Dr. Annette Leonhard-MacDonald

(Germany)

The technology industry has not always been inviting or hospitable to women.  Gender imbalance in the tech industry has been recognized as an issue sine at least 2005 and, although one would have expected some improvement since then, this has not been the case.  In Germany, Dr, Annette Leonhard-MacDonald is doing her part to not only break through the barriers that exist for women in the tech industry by becoming a successful entrepreneur, she's holding the door open and making room for other women in the process.

4. Dr. Addie Ellis (USA)

Dr. Ellis is committed to community change. She has 20 years’ experience in the Education and Social Services industry and she has taken that experience to found The Koci Group, a leadership and management consultancy firm in the Sacramento area.  She leads teams in community development, education and the non-profit sector. She lives by the personal mantra “It’s never too late to be what you might have been”.  Today we talk about that and her journey into living her why.

3. Grupo Emady (Peru)

In this week’s episode we are coming to you from Peru where we talk the women’s sewing cooperative Grupo Emady.  We learn about how the women have been able to create a self-sustaining business for themselves and susport their families, including special schooling for a member's son with Down's Syndrome.

2. Manuela Peche 

    (WTR Peru)

In this week’s episode we are coming to you from our WTR Women’s Socioeconomic Empowerment Project site in Pachacutec, Peru where we talk to our entrepreneur in training Manuela Peche.  

1. Awaj Makis (Peru)

In this week’s episode we are coming to you from one of the most impoverished areas outside of Lima, Peru where we talk the women’s knitting cooperative Awaj Makis.