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Basic experience and education are the obvious starting points for any brewer; home brewing experience is necessary for an entry-level position at most breweries. The next step for women might be to join a homebrew club, which offers several benefits. Meeting other brewers and listening to their experience is a great way of learning, and the presence of women involved with clubs plants seeds of acceptance.

Women have nothing to lose and everything to gain by participating in the brewing community. In the words of Jennifer Talley, "Women can brew, it's just pure motivation."

Cleaning up in China: Women Take Charge

The numbers tell the story: since economic reforms began in 1978, the Chinese economy has quadrupled in size to become the 7th largest in the world. Growth has been especially strong in the last decade, averaging around 9% per year. But this phenomenal growth has come at a price; air quality is being threatened by inefficient fuels in factories and rising vehicle emissions, while serious industrial pollution from untreated effluent is fouling rivers, lakes and coastal waters.