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About Me

Hope for Women brings premium quality, Fair Trade products created by women artisans to the mainstream marketplace. We are a socially responsible for-profit organization committed to providing sustainable employment for economically disadvantaged women worldwide. We offer products exclusively made by women so they can take control of their lives and their futures.

Head to our website ( www.hopeforwomen.com ) to learn more about what we do, and to check out our Store Locator to see where you can find Hope For Women Fair Trade products.

Hope For Women is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation. Every woman is paid a fair, livable wage under safe and healthy working conditions.

Our headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont.

My Interests

Fair Trade, women's empowerment, fulfilling jobs

I'd like to meet:

Others who want to support Fair Trade and sustainable employment that supports women.

My Blog

Stability and security for more women

Hope For Women - stability and security for more women HFW artisan Babli, and her son I am proud to share with you that Hope For Women is now working with over 30 artisan women in India, and th...
Posted by Hope For Women on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:33:00 PST

Hope For Women now in Whole Foods Market stores

Recently we became an approved vendor for the Midwest Region of Whole Foods Market - the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods. Hope For Women greeting cards can now be found in 19 of ...
Posted by Hope For Women on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:03:00 PST

As we grow, so do the number of women we work with

As demands for our Fair Trade notecards increases (the greeting cards are now in about 150 stores in 40 states) we have the opportunity to provide more employment to economically disadvantaged women ...
Posted by Hope For Women on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:20:00 PST

Hope For Women India - Our Team

Currently we work with 23 women that create our greeting cards. They are located in four different regions. But Hope For Women's operations in India extend beyond our partnerships with our women artis...
Posted by Hope For Women on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:24:00 PST

The "Office"

We recently (in the last 6 months) aquired our own office space and flower garden (known as "The Office") in Dehra Dun, the capital of the Indian state of Uttaranchal. The Office serves as a logistics...
Posted by Hope For Women on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:14:00 PST

Big Changes for Maya

After meeting with one of the groups of women we work with in Dehra Dun I was very excited to see Maya (pictured below) come towards me with some obviously good news. The soft spoken woman had a big s...
Posted by Hope For Women on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:41:00 PST

News from India

On March 12th, Evan Goldsmith, President of Hope For Women, went to India to meet with our women partners who create our products. Evan is working with them on new product concepts and ways to grow a...
Posted by Hope For Women on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:39:00 PST

Hope For Women artisan share their stories

Below is Poonam's story - she works with Hope For Women creating our beautiful notecards. See other women artisan stories on our website - www.hopeforwomen.com/women Poonam is from a small village i...
Posted by Hope For Women on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:12:00 PST

Holiday Special - "Walk A Mile In My Shoes"

The women in your life deserve to be celebrated, and holiday shopping for them CAN be just this easy.. The "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" gift ensemble is intended to support and celebrate women from all w...
Posted by Hope For Women on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:54:00 PST