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Our artisanal craft empowers us
A portrait of Fátima Laine Sousa Santos. She stands outside in front of carnauba palm trees and holds a handmade basket woven from carnauba leaves. (Brazil, 2025)

ILO Voices | Women's empowerment

Our artisanal craft empowers us

Fátima Laine Sousa Santos lives in Piauí, Brazil, in a community which farms carnauba palm trees. Thanks to an ILO project aimed at promoting decent work, she has gained financial stability by developing the skills to work as an artisanal carnauba...