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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
Where is your proof? The linked article is a self-congratulatory press release, not a piece of investigative journalism. The photographs might not even depict the facility where the work was performed.
It is clear from your tone of voice that this "project" served as a resume line for those who led it.
"Support" and "women makers" is a corporate-speak dodge.
"Cooperative" is more corporate-speak. It is doubtful that any "co-op" in Rwanda operates under a similar legal framework as what exists here. An investigative reporter would...investigate the matter.
Per online sources, the male population of Rwanda was not significantly smaller than the female population in the years following the genocide:
https://countryeconomy.com/demograph...anda?year=2000
A brief bit of internet research reveals that a female majority exists in the lower house of parliament, where a constitutionally-mandated electoral college of women selects female-dedicated seats that comprise 30% of all seats. The remainder of the seats have elected about 30% females. That's how the lower house got to 60%. The upper house is 70/30 male/female since it has no constitutional mandate for female seats.
These "beliefs" are not data-driven. In order to determine that majority-women governments are better governments, we'd need a lot of data. We don't have the data and so can't determine conclusions. We can have "beliefs", however. And if someone calls our flimsy "beliefs" into question, they're the bad guy.
Well everyone got a resume line, and that's what it was really all about.
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Lol. Okay. You googled an airstrip and you decided the facility they were working in was one of the warehouses next to that exact airstrip. Like, isn't that obvious? Don't we all work in the buildings next to the airports we ship products to? Perfectly reasonable standard.
This is the partner.
https://abahizirwanda.com/
It is not a sweatshop.
I've been on the ground at large manufacturing facilities for the 'attainable luxury market'...the space that is largely occupied by kate spade, coach, marc jacobs, dooney, etc. I've been in leather handbag factories in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. They ARE NOT sweatshops. These factories are clean, well lit, air conditioned, and provide workers with livable wages in their local communities.
Obviously sweatshops exist with horrific working conditions. They mostly service the very large ready to wear manufacturers and fast fashion retailers. This is not that. There is not a single factory that a company like Kate Spade uses that would classify as a sweatshop.
But keep running your mouth.