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The cottage industry, handicrafts and gastronomy are all a woman’s affair. Their interconnection with tourism

EEDEGE President Ms. Sofia Kounenaki Efraimoglou spoke at the conference “The cottage industry, handicrafts and gastronomy are all a woman’s affair. Their interconnection with tourism,” organised by the Herakleion Municipality and the Cretan Businesswomen’s Association.

Ms. Kounenaki Efraimoglou referred to the business opportunities for women in handicrafts and the cottage industry, and the contribution of cooperatives and development associations to their members’ networking, giving as an example the EEDEGE initiative on the occasion of the exhibition "Greek Fashion – 100 years of inspiration and creation" from the important collection of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, which gave creators inspired by Greek culture the opportunity to present their creations.