Voice of America: Making, Selling Jewelry Empowers Former Sierra Leone Female Prisoners

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Making, Selling Jewelry Empowers Former Sierra Leone Female Prisoners Jan 26th 2013, 11:09 Former female prisoners in Sierra Leone are finding creative ways to incorporate themselves back into society.  They are making beaded jewelry that is not only giving them confidence but is starting to gain recognition in stores worldwide.   Rikke Clevin Jensen teaches a beaded jewelry making class to former prisoners twice a week in the capital, Freetown.   She says the classes have given women a chance to learn not just about the art of jewelry making, but also how to stay ...

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