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Women Across Time and Space
Introduction5:51
Female Brewsters in Medieval England20:02
Peruvian Indian Market Women20:20
Economic Roles of African Women14:13
Professor Akyeampong Comments6:19
Audience Question and Answer16:20
Entrepreneurship and Social Change
SEWA and Social Change in India8:43
India's Self-Employed Women Workers12:39
Entrepreneurship: A Need for Survival8:35
Collective Strength through Struggle7:38
Investing in the Working Poor12:07
SEWA Stories: Making a Difference9:37
Conclusion: Women, Money, and Power7:19

Emmanuel Akyeampong: Comments
Emmanuel Akyeampong, associate professor of history at Harvard University, poses questions to the panelists with regard to three emerging themes:

1) Marriage or the domestic realm as the framework for women's economic opportunities

2) The market as female space and site of economic activity

3) The struggle by women to become full economic actors with important social and political implications