Silk Sari Journal

Global Seesaw

Price (excluding P&P)

£9.99

(from Global Seesaw website)


Description

Carefully handbound with hand made papers and covered with layers of vintage silk sari material. The papers are made from cotton rags and recycled woolen blankets with no wood fibre being used. Many of the staff who make these journals are daughters of sex workers. Most of their mothers came to work in the red light area not by choice but because of poverty. Through giving these girls a dignified job, we have given them a step up, so that they have been able to gain respect by society. Each journal is unique as the journals are made from recycled Saris so there may be some variation from the pictures shown. Each has 80 pages. Dimensions: 15x20cm

Silk Sari Journal

About Global Seesaw

Global Seesaw is committed to bringing you quality products that are beautiful, useful and ethical. Our products are known for their contemporary design, use of recycled materials and manufactured with love by the women who make them. Our aim is to balance quality products at affordable prices with a business that really makes a difference in the lives of women made vulnerable through poverty, exploitation, human trafficking and prostitution. We are a social enterprise business that goes beyond fair trade to provide employment for women who have formerly been trafficked into prostitution and assist them in changing their lives. We employ women to address the global inequality that keeps them in poverty and leads into a downward spiral of prostitution and exploitation. We go beyond simply paying fair wages, providing a safe, healthy working environment and refusing to employ child labour, but re-invest our profits into the business. By doing this, we actively invest in the women and their families empowering them to escape poverty and build a secure future. Whether you are searching for a gift for someone special, a treat or an essential household item, you are sure to find products that are unique, beautiful, modern and helping women to make their future brighter. Global SeeSaw is the UK distributor for Freeset , Sari Bari and Love Calcutta Arts. Global Seesaw is a trading name of Freeset Ltd