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  Empowering Women

  The Women's Empowerment badge is awarded to female artisans or artisan groups that are led by women.

  The Women's Empowerment badge is awarded to female artisans or artisan groups that are led by women

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  Job Creator

  This artist positively impacts their community through job creation and provides jobs for 2 or more people.

  The Job Creator badge is awarded to artisans that positively impact their community through job creation and employ 2 or more artisans

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  Preserving Traditions

  This artist uses traditional techniques handed down through the generations and/or creates culturally significant items, helping keep these traditions alive.

  The Preserving Traditions badge is awarded to artisans who use traditional techniques handed down through the generations, as well as artisans that craft culturally significant items, keeping these traditions alive. "

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  Working with Disabilities

  This artist is working with some sort of disability ranging from mental or physical and includes conditions such as being handicapped physically, or perhaps having a condition such as autism. This is also awarded to artists that employ other artists with disabilities.

  The Working with Disabilities Badge is awarded to those artisans working with a variety of disabilities from physical to mental, including such conditions as being handicapped physically, or perhaps having a condition such as autism. This also applies to artisans that employ other artisans with disabilities