S4-04: Monica Stephenson, Dedicated to Responsible, Ethical and Fair Practices
For the Love of Jewelers: A Jewelry Journey Podcast Presented by Rio Grande - A podcast by Rio Grande
In Swahili, moyo means heart. Monica Stephenson, founder of ANZA Gems, founding collaborator of two NGOs—PACT and the Tanzania Women’s Miners Association (TAWOMA) of Moyo Gems—and President of the Board of Ethical Metalsmiths has devoted her career to responsible and fair-mined jewelry practices. A documentary film project in East Africa led her to the edge of a tsavorite mine, and the rest is history still in the making. Monica has spent the better part of the last decade working with women ...