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If you are a woman who has been told there is no work

Cluster 23 was written for you, and half of the rest of the list can be run from a kitchen table with a phone.

Your clusters

15 ideas

• 436Childcare co-operatives run by mothers for mothers, licensed and inspected, in every townCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 437After-school clubs at the schools, paid by the parents, run by teachers who want the incomeCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 438Women-only transport services for the night shifts and the early trainsCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 439Home-based work platforms that pay properly: sewing, embroidery, bookkeeping, designCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 440Shared workspaces for women with childcare attached, in Colombo and the district townsCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 441Women's craft co-operatives with a single brand and a single buyer abroadCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 442Sinhala and Tamil lessons by video for the children of Sri Lankans abroad, taught from home by graduates and paid in pounds, dollars and francsCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 443Elder-care visits for families in Sri Lanka, as often as the parent needs, daily, twice a week or weekly: a trained carer to help with bathing, meals and medicines, and to sit and talk, at a price a local salary can payCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 444Women's business networks with a loan fund, run the way Grameen Bank does it, not on charityCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 445Sinhala and Tamil dubbing studios with real voice actors, and subtitles checked by a person before they go out, selling to the streaming platforms and the film-makers of the worldCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 446Phones and laptops refurbished in Sri Lanka, graded, warrantied and sold on to the markets of South Asia and AfricaCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 447Footwear workshops on the garment industry's model: shoes and sandals soled with Sri Lankan rubber, made for the world's brands first and then under a brand of its ownCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 448Bamboo grown on degraded land and made into flooring, panels and furniture for exportCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 449Tissue-culture laboratories growing banana, pineapple and foliage plantlets by the million, disease-free, for the farms of Asia, Africa and the GulfCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 450Insect farms that turn food and market waste into protein feed for the fish farms and poultry, replacing imported feedCluster 23: The women who are not working