Women’s Equality Day is Saturday, August 26th. Celebrate by shopping at a fair trade/empowerment retailer!

Empowerment retailer’s focus on empowering vulnerable/poverty stricken women and giving them the skills and tools necessary to become economically independent. Often times, empowerment retailers support fair trade initiatives and employ survivors of human trafficking.

Looking for a fair trade/empowerment retailer available online? Below you will find some suggestions:

Bead for Life

To The Market

Thistle Farms

Sseko Designs

FreeSet

Sudara

International Sanctuary

Forms of Abolition:
Empowerment

Forms of Slavery:
Child Labor, Sex Trafficking, Domestic Servitude, Forced Labor, Bonded Labor