Title: 'Show the world to women and they can do it' : southern fair trade enterprises as agents of empowerment

Authors: Le Mare, Ann

Place: [Abingdon etc.]

Publisher: Routledge

Year: 2012

Journal: Gender & development

Volume: vol. 20, no. 1

PAGE: 95--109

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: small enterprises, gender, women, handicrafts, asia

Abstract: The article draws on research with women handicraft producers in Bangladesh in order to analyse processes of empowerment. It explores the practices and social relationships embedded in the activities of Fair Trade enterprises making handicrafts from jute, terracotta, handmade paper, and embroidery.

URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13552074.2012.663608

Document type: E-article