Seamstress Denise Obregon in her home in the Bello Monte neighborhood of Caracas. With micro-credit from the Women's Development Bank, Denise Obregon purchased a new sewing machine which greatly increased her output of women's beach clothing and men's leather belts. Denise Obregon works in a cooperative with four other people who sell what she produces. Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Nic Paget-Clarke.

Also see:

• Interview with Nora Castañeda
  President of the Women’s Development Bank
  Making women sovereign and participative:
  Becoming the protagonist of their own reality
  Caracas, Venezuela