Equal Craft is a socially conscious marketplace

representing artists from developing and underdeveloped countries. We work with organizations such as Ashoka to bring you handmade treasures from around the world. Products are made and sold in a way that is fair to the artists who created them. When you buy from Equal Craft, you are contributing to a better quality of life for these artists. You are investing in promoting self-reliance and sustainability... READ MORE

Tejuben Soma Rabari

Traditional Art: Dhebaria Rabari Embroidery
Location: Kukadsar Ta. Mundra, Kutch, India

Tejuben was born in Dhaneti and as a child migrated in Kutch, spending all but a few months of the rainy season wandering with the flock and a few pack camels, setting up rudimentary camps. Tejuben never attended school, but learned embroidery from her sister at age 11. Widowed at an early age, she began to do whatever manual labour was available with several other women of the village... READ MORE

SEWA is both an organisation and a movement.

The SEWA movement is enhanced by its being a sangam or confluence of three movements : the labour movement, the cooperative movement and the women's movement. But it is also a movement of self-employed workers their own, home-grown movement with women as the leaders. Through their own movement women become strong and visible. Their tremendous economic and social contributions become recognised... READ MORE