> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Pragya Sharma,Indian Institute of Art & Design, New Delhi > Reference:: https://oaks.kent.edu/iffti2020/iffti-2020-between-individual-and-society-community/untapped-exploring-craft-potential > Date:: 2020-06 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Economic value of craft]] > Claim:: > [!SUMMARY] Summary > This paper explores the role of paid craft and design work in relation to urban-based women. With good craft skills many women make products for their family but fail to receive substantial earnings or recognition for their work - despite the huge market for such skills. Sharma highlights the role of Untapped a skill source app which can help bring recognition to local communities and empower the women through creating a client base. ### Highlights >As White (2015) points out, women in particular have been excluded from some of these economic improvements. The“urban villages” within a city consist of a considerable number of women, typically in the age group of 30-70 years, and seasoned in craft skills like knitting, crocheting, darning, mending, and tatting, to name a few. The fashion industry employs a large number of such women who work informally from their homes (Kara, 2019)