Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Fair Trade: Case Studies from India and Nepal

By Elaine Jones on October 01, 2012

This article gives a summary of experiences from India and Nepal from an
action research project on producer organizations of working poor women
and their engagement in Fair Trade markets.  Members of Fair Trade
Forum India and Fair Trade Group Nepal participated in a global project
on Women’s Economic Empowerment coordinated by WIEGO, (Women in Informal
Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), funded by the Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs through its call to action under Millennium Development
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equity and Empower Women. 

Elaine Jones is an Associate Member of WFTO.  She is the Director of
the Global Trade Programme of Women in Informal Employment Globalizing
and Organizing, WIEGO The full report authored by Elaine Jones, Sally
Smith and Carol Wills can be found at http://wiego.org/publications/trading-our-way-women-organizing-fair-trade

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