Episode 29 – Mabel Suglo of Dignified Wear

We talk to Mabel Suglo, the founder of Dignified Wear, a social enterprise in Ghana. It aims to economically empower people with disabilities and rural women through decent jobs. It trains and then employs them to handcraft durable, versatile and fashionable shoes, handbags, locally woven fabrics, clothing and traditional jewellery.Podcast host Catherine Weetman is a circular economy business advisor, workshop facilitator, speaker and writer.  Her award-winning book, includes lots of practical examples and tips on getting started.  Catherine founded Rethink Global in 2013, to help businesses use circular, sustainable approaches to build a better business (and a better world).Stay in touch for free insights and updates...Read on for a summary of the podcast and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention. You can subscribe to the podcast series on iTunes, Google Podcasts, PlayerFM, Spotify, TuneIn, or search for "circular economy" in your favourite podcast app.  Stay in touch to get free insights and updates, direct to your inbox...Links we mention in the episode:* Catherine’s blog on social entrepreneurs in Africa - Transforming plastic waste into social value https://www.rethinkglobal.info/plastic-waste-social-value-africa/* Podcast Episode 23 features a circular social enterprise in Uganda: Andy Bownds of EcoBrixs: creating social value by recycling waste plastic into construction materials https://www.rethinkglobal.info/episode-23-andy-bownds-eco-brixs/* You can find Mabel Suglo on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn with Mabel Suglo.* Also on twitter @SugloMabel1* Dignified Wear on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dignifiedwear/* Dignified Wear on Facebook https://web.facebook.com/DignifiedWear/* Dignified Wear on Twitter https://twitter.com/dignifiedwear* Dignified Wear on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/dignifiedwear* Dignified Wear website dignifiedwear.com* Books and other companies* Prince Agbata of Coliba in Ghana coliba.com.gh* Chineyenwa Okoro Onu of Waste or Create in Ghana www.wasteorcreate.comAbout Mabel Suglo Mabel Suglo, through the inspiration from her late grandma, who had leprosy and with barely a thumb defied the odds of single motherhood, stigmatization and marginalization to cultivate food crops on a piece of land to feed her children and grandchildren proving that disability is not inability inspires her to economically empower persons with disabilities and rural women in Ghana through decent jobs through her social enterprise Dignified Wear. An enterprise based in Sunyani, the Bono Region of Ghana,