Woven Travels Blog
The Greatest Burden. The Least Reward. #SheDeserves better.
This year, the Fairtrade Foundation is telling the stories of female cocoa farmers through its #SheDeserves campaign. We’re delighted to see the spotlight on women for Fairtrade Fortnight since the vast majority of our incredible weavers are female farmers. Like the cocoa farmers in West Africa, our weavers are juggling the demands of family life with the ups and downs of agricultural work and drought – weaving their wonderful baskets when and where they can for a more dignified life.
#INSPIRINGMUMS and the Changing Face of Motherhood
As part of our #InspiringMums campaign for Mother's Day, we chatted to creative entrepreneur Molly Mahon about motherhood and the challenges she has overcome in managing her own business, three children and her recent diagnosis of breast cancer.
Mother's Day - Three Generations of Weavers
Our Mother's Day collection includes some of our favourite baskets. Each one is lovingly handmade by women in rural Africa, who will have learnt the art of weaving from their Mothers and Grandmothers and in turn, will pass this age old tradition onto their own children.
Mother's Day - A Free Beautiful Bird Card
We know how busy one's life can be and these anniversaries just pop out of no where! To make things a little easier, we are offering you a free greetings card to send with any Mother's Day order, by Survival International.