I'm looking at ways to create employment for refugee women fleeing the war in Syria and ISIS in Iraq (religious minorities, mostly)
it seems to me that we could leverage co-creative markets -- as so many of these individuals have artisan skills (jewelry, fashion, toys) and Internet access, if little else. If we can figure out the logistics, we can use Etsy and other distributed platforms to connect people. I'm helping some Iraq war veterans with rapid impact projects--one is returning to Iraq next week to set up emergency education, so while he's there, he could check out this employment opportunity for women in the camps. We're all volunteers, so any ideas or possible collaborators are most welcome! I cowrote a piece for TechCrunch on this in Nov http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/28/lets-make-bitcoin-the-biggest-humanitarian-tool-the-world-has-ever-seen/?fb_action_ids=10154908445055724&fb_action_types=og.shares Hoping all you out in California are loving the rain. I am grateful from afar. -- *Thanks,Lorelei KellyFellow X Lab <http://www.thexlab.org>Affilated Scholar Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation <http://www.law.stanford.edu/organizations/programs-and-centers/stanford-center-on-international-conflict-and-negotiation-scicn>* Tweeting @loreleikelly cell: 202-487-7728
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