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- Parahita Foundation, founded in 2000, focuses its activities on empowering underprivileged citizens, through productive economic activities.
- One of the main research themes of The Centre for Gender Research and Study of Satya Wacana Christian University (PPSG-UKSW) is the empowerment of woman artisans.
- Since 2004, the Research Centre has been cooperating with Parahita Foundation in carrying out an action research on ‘Putting-out-system-based Artisans. The outcomes show a need for facilitating the producers to market the products and for market access. Hence the formation of Parahita Craft.
- Parahita Craft functions as a business development service for female small producers and producers whose workers are mainly female. The members consist of the representatives of Parahita Foundation, PPSG-UKSW research centre, groups of artisans at the grass-root level who are under assistance or partners of Parahita Foundation / PPSG-UKSW. (At the grass-root level, the artisans are organised into groups according to geographical locations.)
- Decisions are made through member meetings, maintaining transparency, responsibility, and management sustainability.
- Self-employed Artisans and Micro-/Small-scale Producers may become members / participants of Parahita Craft. They are obliged to support the management principles, have strong motivation to develop their business, and have common awareness of fellow producers.
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(Based on the IFAT Code of Principles; now: WFTO’s 10 Fair Trade Standards for Organizations) Sustainable empowerment by
- Creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged producers
- Transparency and accountability
- Promoting FairTrade
- Fair price and fairwages
- Gender Equity (Gender perspectives)
- Worker-friendly, environment-friendly working conditions
- Capacity building
The establishment of the welfare of the micro/small enterprises including the home workers.
- Developing competitive advancements and sustainability for the community of micro/small producers through Alternative Trade / Fair Trade.
- Developing the capacity building of micro/small producers of handicrafts
- Providing greater market access and penetration
- Developing competitive advantages in the business networks
- Promoting alternative trading of handicrafts
Empowerment of the community of micro/small producers of handicrafts through marketing
- Facilitating the artisans /producers of handicrafts to access the market and links
- Facilitating the creation of market for the micro/small producers
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