Jaime Murray Instagram – Happy International Womens to my amazing friend & inspiring Activist @_nasreensheikh
I am so grateful to have your beautiful light in our lives ✨❤️🙏🏽 At the age of nine years old all of Nasreen’s freedom was taken from her and her suffering ignored.
Forced to work in the sweat shops of Nepal she was taught that her value as a human being came down to how many garments she could produce in a fifteen-hour work day.
Today, Nasreen is a fearless anti-sweatshop advocate and the first girl in her village to escape forced marriage.
At thirteen years old Nasreen founded a fair-trade, women’s sewing collective called Local Women’s Handicrafts (LWH) providing disadvantaged women with skills training and sponsorship to empower them to start their own businesses.
Nasreen also founded @empowerment__collective a nonprofit organization that envisions a world where women are leaders in their communities — in control of their own lives, their own rights and their own decisions.
As Nasreen continues her work in Nepal, she strives to use her powerful story to shine a light on the devastating humanitarian and environmental costs of fast fashion.
@_nasreensheikh you are a Warrior Woman and an Angel. Thank you for all that you do, I and everyone at @activistartists are so proud to support you in any way we can.
Please go to her page and @empowerment__collective to learn more about the #ResilientHer movement, hear more powerful, inspiring stories and show your support by contributing your own story #happyinternationalwomensday we will go so much further by lifting and supporting our sisters as we rise! ❤️🌈🧚🏻♀️🙏🏽💪 | Posted on 09/Mar/2020 08:03:55
