Women in the World Artisan Marketplace

The Women in the World Foundation Artisan Marketplace features beautiful pieces handcrafted by women artisans who are rebuilding their lives, families, and communities.

Bajalia Resin Drop Earrings

Bajalia Resin Drop Earrings

Country: India
Price: $39

These earrings from Bajalia are made of handcrafted bead and filigree work. Profits from their sale create jobs for women in rural Indian villages and empower them to fight gender violence. Bajalia International and Bajalia Trading Company are a collaboration between for-profits and non-profits under fair-trade principles. Bajalia is committed to providing fair wages and employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and entrepreneurs. Buy Now »

Bajalia Amira Gold Cuff

Country: India
Price: $29

This brass cuff from Bajalia is made in the tradition of generations of handcraft in Mordabad and Saria Teran, India. Women are a part of the polishing, packaging and design work. Bajalia International and Bajalia Trading Company are a collaboration between for-profits and non-profits under fair-trade principles. Bajalia is committed to providing fair wages and employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and entrepreneurs. Buy Now »

Bajalia Silver Link Necklace

Country: India
Price: $45

This silver and gold chain necklace from Bajalia is hand-strung by a business in northern India that was started by a teenager and her sister to help their mother when their father walked out, leaving 4 girls and a boy to care for. The founder is now 20 and employs 20 other women. Bajalia International and Bajalia Trading Company are a collaboration between for-profits and non-profits under fair-trade principles. Bajalia is committed to providing fair wages and employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and entrepreneurs. Buy Now »

Indego Africa Canvas Stripe Pouch

Country: Rwanda
Price: $48

This striped pouch from Indego Africa is made of natural canvas with stripes of pink or blue African textile. Each bag includes a signed hangtag from the artisan who created your bag. Indego Africa lifts women-owned businesses in Rwanda to economic independence by partnering with for-profit cooperatives to export, market and sell the women’s products. Buy Now »

Walmart Salem for Full Circle Exchange Multi Stripe Scarf Mint

Country: Ethiopia
Price: $18

This hand-spun scarf of 100% cotton is from Walmart’s Full Circle Exchange, working in collaboration with Salem Designs, which provides a traditional cultural shopping experience with contemporary, creative designs. Every piece holds an Ethiopian story, woven together by the people who follow the tradition of cotton spinning, basket weaving or embroidery. Walmart’s Full Circle Exchange is dedicated to empowering women and whole communities to rise above poverty through design partnerships and economic opportunities that are sustainable and dignified. Buy Now »

Same Sky Glass Bead Bracelet

Country: Rwanda
Price: $160

These bracelets from Same Sky are made of handblown glass beads, and crocheted by women artisans in Rwanda. Purchasing one bracelet buys an HIV-positive women health care for an entire year. Available in, coral sand, mother of pearl white, mother of pearl nude, persimmon, python, twilight, xanadu, and turquoise. A “trade not aid” initiative, Same Sky offers employment to HIV-positive women in Africa and gives them the tools to be entrepreneurs. Buy Now »

Same Sky Prosperity Bracelet

Country: Lusaka, Zambia
Price: $75

Prosperity bracelets from Same Sky are crocheted out of hand-blown glass beads by women artisans of the Abatka Collective in Lusaka, Zambia. The purchase of a bracelet provides a woman artisan with clean drinking water for an entire month. Available in platinum, marquise, and 14 carat gold. A “trade not aid” initiative, Same Sky offers employment to HIV-positive women in Africa and gives them the tools to be entrepreneurs. Buy Now »

Same Sky Hope Necklace

Country: Rwanda
Price: $395

Hope necklaces from Same Sky are hand-crocheted by women artisans with hand-blown glass beads and adorned with smaller seed beads throughout. The purchase of a hope necklace provides an artisan’s child with education for an entire year. Available in celadon, coral sands, persimmon, python, twilight, xanadu, mother of pearl and turquoise. A “trade not aid” initiative, Same Sky offers employment to HIV-positive women in Africa and gives them the tools to be entrepreneurs. Buy Now »

Sir Alistair Rai Delegate Bag

Country: India
Price: $30

 Created specifically as the official delegate tote of the 2013 Women in the World Summit, this silk bag from Sir Alistair Rai is woven with a custom Sanskrit print. Company founder Kiran Rai delves into her Indian roots to design original Hindu prayer scarves with inspiring messages of love, peace, karma and truth. Buy Now »

Maiden Nation Gloria Steinem Imagine We Are Linked Not Ranked Bracelet

Country: USA
Price: $48

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem designed this four-layer beaded bracelet for Maiden Nation, a marketplace whose products are ethically sourced, with profits reinvested into women’s entrepreneurship projects. Proceeds from the sale of Imagine bracelets go to feminist.com, founded in 1995 to offer women around the world access to information and support. Buy Now »

Global Goods Partners Floral Silk Journal

Country: Cambodia
Price: $28

Made of pink silk with a black floral design, this journal from Global Goods Partners was made by women of the Artisans Association of Cambodia, a fair trade group, dedicated to providing Cambodia's most vulnerable denizens with opportunities to earn fair wages; its 32 member organizations address the diverse needs of landmine victims, trafficked women and at-need youth. Global Goods Partners helps women’s community development groups in 20 countries access U.S. markets, with the goal of providing sustainable livelihoods for the world’s poorest people. Buy Now »

Global Goods Partners Block Print Journal

Country: India
Price: $20

This journal from Global Goods Partners features a fabric cover with traditional Indian block print designs, and is filled with acid-free paper. It is made by the Community Friendly Movement in India, which aims to create opportunities for marginalized artisan communities. Among the groups CFM works with are the wood and lacquer craftsmen of Etikoppaka, who, with the organization's assistance, have rediscovered traditional techniques. Buy Now »

FEED Kenya Kikoy Pouch

Country: Kenya
Price: $35

These cosmetic pouches are from FEED, which sells artisan-made bags to provide the funds to alleviate world hunger. The pouches are handmade from traditional Kenyan kikoy fabric; each purchase provide 10 Kenyan children with school meal. Available in green and turquoise. Buy Now »

FEED 2 Kenya Bag

Country: Kenya
Price: $250

The FEED 2 Kenya Bag is handcrafted by a co-op of women and deaf Kenyans. The natural burlap and cotton bag is lined with red and purple plaid Masai tribe fabric- an iconic fabric believed to ward off lions in the wild. Each bag is stitched with one-of-a-kind hand-beading FEED logo overlay, and comes with a hand-beaded bracelet. Every bag sold provides school meals for two Kenyan children for a full year. Buy Now »

FEED NYC Bag for Sandy Relief

Country: USA
Price: $35

Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York City, the place FEED calls home. Your purchase of this gray twill bag will provide 25 meals to New Yorkers affected by the storm through the FEED NYC Relief Fund. Buy Now »