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

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