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Brussels Metropolitan Area
Local Women's Handicrafts
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Local Women's Handicrafts is a fair trade textile and handicraft collective in Kathmandu, Nepal. We focus on empowering and educating disadvantaged/marginalized women using sustainable methods. All our products are ethically produced, providing fair wages and working conditions for the women who make them. Our social Business programs seek to uplift women, their children and their communities.Each woman participates in our training program for 6, 12 or 18 months. Women have a choice of which skills they want to pursue. These skills include but are not limited to design, sewing, weaving, embroidery, knitting, jewelry making, and pattern work. While in training each woman receives a stipend. Through a dedicated and passionate team, LWH has been able to establish a safe community which has trained and employed hundreds of women. With these new skills, a stipend and 12 months in a safe community, they are empowered to progress in their lives.The Local Woman's Goal - - Expand its Women's Entrepreneurial Empowerment model to train women in the world's poorest regions for economic sustainability by 2025.- Establish a social business partnership with other local Nepali entrepreneurs.- Spread anti-sweatshop awareness and educate consumers about fair trade principles.- Empower 10,000 marginalized women by 2020.