The Brazilian repairwomen fixing inequality

In the face of prejudice, two young women picked up some tools and launched a company to fix more than just homes.

"You’re so delicate." "You’re a woman."

These are just a few of the discriminatory slights leveled at Katherine Pavloski and Ana Luisa Correard, two young women who work as 'handy girls' in Brazil.

After enduring microaggressions, harassment and gendered messaging from society, they decided to found a small repair company of their own. Now, three years later, they give workshops and seminars to empower other women in the community, teaching skills that they don’t need to rely on a husband or father for.

"I can show society that a woman’s place is wherever she wants," says Pavloski.