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Philippine Star
Philippine Star
Across Southeast Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on numerous start-ups and small enterprises. In the Philippines, more than half of the surveyed social enterprises reported that they were severely affected by the pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns, according to a study by the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia in 2020. But women social entrepreneurs, like Flora Belinario, have found ways to rise above the challenge. A fisheries technologist by profession, Belinario is among the founders of Tindagat, a social enterprise that serves as a bridge between local fish…