tangled threads: Millennium Development Goals

Tuesday 31 August 2010

Millennium Development Goals

This is petition started by the Fashion FT 100 Network and People Tree that is calling on world leaders to help Fair Trade companies make more of a difference.

The summit is being held in New York on the 20th of September - please sign before then...

http://mdg.epetitions.net/

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Kendra20 September 2010 at 08:16
Hi Kate! I've been perusing around online and found your amazing post about Kolkata and Sasha. We've been working with Sasha for awhile, although we haven't yet had the pleasure of visiting them in India - on our next visit! I loved all your pictures from the sari market. The colors were so vivid. I hope you don't think this is strange, but if you're interested I'd really love to do a Question and Answer with you for our upcoming newsletter. We've ordered some recycled sari blankets from a group that works with Sasha, and we'd like to provide our customers with more behind-the-scenes information. If you're up for it, drop me a line at kendra (at) atradeforatrade (dot) com - I'd really love to get in touch! Thanks so much, Kate. Your blog is really fascinating.

-Kendra

P.S. Our website is www.atradeforatrade.com in case you want to make sure we're legit.
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Fair Trade

Every year in the UK £23 billion of clothing is bought, 90% of this is imported. (Defra 2009) Most of this imported clothing comes from developing nations where it is more than likely that the garment workers that made these clothes are not paid a living wage, experience poor working conditions and are forced to work excessive overtime.

Consumers have begun to recognise Fair Trade as way to support workers and producers in developing nations. However, there is debate as to how effectively Fair Trade improves the livelihoods of Fair Trade workers. I want to explore how much of an impact Fair Trade has on producers and their communities.

I want to gain an understanding of the meaning of Fair Trade from the perspectives of different groups - the consumer, standards authorities, Fair Trade brands and the producer groups.