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Sustainable fashion - human rights point of view

Daniela Tapprest | Mifuko

Fashion garments these days are extremely cheap. Sounds great for fashion-lovers, right? What we pay for a product does not however pay for the whole cost of the garment; the true cost can be counted in human rights violations, such as child labour, dangerous working conditions, sexual harassment and lost lives. While the workers can’t even afford to live in slums with the minimum wage, the majority of what the consumer pays goes to the never-ending pockets of the shareholders of multinational corporations.

Why empowering women is the solution to tackle poverty

Daniela Tapprest | Mifuko

Extreme poverty, i.e. people living with less than $1.90 a day, has tremendously declined in 25 years – from 36% of the World’s population in 1990 to 10% in 2015. However, since 2013 the rate of decline has slowed and more and more of the extreme poverty is concentrating in specific regions. Such a region is the Sub-Saharan Africa, where forecasts indicate that by 2030 nearly 9 in 10 of the extreme poor will live in.

The History of Kiondo Baskets

Mifuko Kiondo basket

Daniela Tapprest | Mifuko
