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Kahkiihtwaam ee-pee-kiiweehtataahk: Bringing it back home again
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Constructive connections in Costa Rica
How the WEConnect International program helped Madelaine Artavia Sotela grow her construction company
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Costa Rica’s construction industry has traditionally been dominated by men, but with the help of the WEConnect International program, Madelaine Artavia Sotela has blazed a trail that’s helping change the culture of the business. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
Visit the Charting Change website to read “Constructive connections in Costa Rica.”
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