Quit her job as a lawyer in 2017, set up an underwear label and social enterprise to provide opportunities to women from refugee backgrounds and helping them start their new lives. Launched enterprise with 3 FTE and now has 12 FTE (Elisha Watson)

Grow A Small Business Podcast · Apr 7, 2021 · 1m

In this episode, I interview Elisha Watson, the Founder, and CEO of New Zealand underwear label and social enterprise NISA. They employ women from refugee backgrounds with awesome sewing skills and make organic cotton underwear. Nisa aims to help refugee women start their new lives through interesting jobs and opportunities. Elisha Watson was a full-time lawyer and a refugee settlement volunteer in the Red Cross. During her time volunteering, she met awesome women who are skilled in sewing. So, she quit her job as a lawyer and founded Nisa in 2017. They had launched a crowdfunding campaign…