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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, bookkeeping, transcription, 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
• 442Breastfeeding rooms and creches sold to the factories as a service, since the law asks for themCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 443Elder-care services so that the daughter can work instead of nursing the parent aloneCluster 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
• 445Return-to-work programmes that firms pay for, bringing women back after the childrenCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 446Safety-audit services for workplaces, with a public ratingCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 447Women-led export businesses in this list given the first slot at the shared trade-fair standCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 448Girls' coding and engineering clubs in the districts, since the boys already have themCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 449Menstrual-product manufacturing at a price a schoolgirl can afford, which keeps her in schoolCluster 23: The women who are not working
• 450A published ranking of employers by female participation and pay, compiled by anyone with a spreadsheetCluster 23: The women who are not working