Working with Nomadic Women in Mongolia

Vanessa Hammond, Co-op Developer, First Ownership Co-op

Through small felt-making co-operatives, nomadic women in Mongolia's Gobi desert are finding a means to economic security and cultural survival for themselves and future generations. Vanessa Hammond has spent four month-long assignments in Mongolia helping to provide development and marketing assistance to women's co-operatives on behalf of the Co-operative Development Foundation. Vanessa will share her knowledge of the development and operating of these co-ops, and her stories and slides of the wonderful people and stunning landscape of this high desert and mountainous central Asian republic.

Time: Wednesday, March 19th, 1 - 2pm
Location: Room D115 MacLaurin Bdlg, University of Victoria

(Presentation audio and images below)

Vanessa Hammond is an associate of the BCICS. She lives in Victoria, B.C. and is a member of 
The First Ownership Co-op (www.ownership.coop), a worker co-op of co-op developers. She 
has lived in 12 countries and worked in over 60. She is looking forward to her return to Mongolia.

This series features presentations by UVic academics and graduate students and visiting faculty and practitioners discussing topics related to Co-operatives and the Social Economy. These presentations are free and open to all members of the public and university community.

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