The Co-operators announced yesterday that it has donated $25,000 to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.
The funding will be used to support the
Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities exhibit, as well as youth engagement and the museum’s Level One Gallery.
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The
Empowering Women exhibit features the work of women artisans from across the globe who have formed co-operatives to create better lives for themselves and their communities. Works from Africa, Asia and the Americas are featured; female weavers, painters, embroiderers, quilters and jewelry makers have contributed their work. The creators’ stories of collaboration and empowerment have also been detailed in the exhibition. The exhibit will run until January 8 next year.
Youth engagement is very much at the core of the Museum for Human Rights; since its opening two years ago, 50,000 students have visited the museum. The Level One Gallery offers dynamic experiences through its temporary education exhibits to supplement student learning.
“People around the world come together to form co-operatives as a way of improving their standards of living and building more equitable societies,” said The Co-operators president and CEO Kathy Bardswick.
“The Empowering Women exhibit is a vibrant way of telling the stories of women artisans who, through grassroots co-ops, are leveraging their abilities to create beautiful hand-made items to improve their lives and advance human rights in their communities.”
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