The "Foundation 500" list features the portraits and careers of 500 female entrepreneurs in 11 emerging markets where women are often refused the same access to education, financial services and bank loans as men. Peru's Andrea Gala runs a trout farm and is president of a farmers’ association. (CARE for H&M Foundation)One of the women portrayed is Andrea Gala, 20, a trout farm manager in Peru and president of the women-only Trout Producers Association. "With the association we want to open a restaurant one day, next to the trout farm, so we can attract more visitors. As part of this project H&M Foundation manager Diana Amini said about 100,000 women in 20 countries had received between 2,000-15,000 euros in seed capital and skills training to start and expand businesses.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 15:45 UTC