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What if the next purchase you made transformed a woman’s life? 

Each handcrafted product featured on our Virtual Bazaar represents a woman’s transformation from victim to survivor to self-sufficient artisan.  By purchasing one of our products, you are making a direct investment in a woman – and helping her to rebuild her life, family and community.  All of our unique products are:

  • Handmade by program graduates.  Our vocational training programs hone women’s skills, teaching them to create products that combine age-old traditions with contemporary designs.  All products are made from local raw materials when available.
  • Purchased at a fair market price.  We buy upfront from women, providing them with real income and creating new markets for their products.
  • Bettering women’s lives.  100 percent of the proceeds from our sales are reinvested in our programs and products that help generate a sustainable income for our artisans. 

Our handcrafted products have been featured in Lucky Magazine Online, People Magazine, Self, Seventeen Magazine, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Whole Life Times.

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Available Products

Jewelry

            Fluorite Bracelet from Afghanistan


Clothing

Pink Tie-Dye Apron from Nigeria

Cook's Apron from Kosovo

Home Decor

       

          Wrapped Up Placemat Set from Kosovo

Music

           • Let Freedom Ring

Greeting Cards

           • Women for Women International Photo Note Cards

          

 

All orders will be processed within 5 business days. Shipping time is dependent upon shipping method chosen at checkout.  We ship all orders via US Postal Service.

Women for Women International strives to provide the highest quality products to our supporters. Products sold on the Virtual Bazaar, with the exception of our Photo note cards and Let Freedom Ring CD, are handcrafted by participants in our programs. Because items are made individually, variations in design may occur. While Women for Women International does not offer refunds on purchases made through the Virtual Bazaar, we will replace any items that have been damaged in shipping. Please return such items to us within thirty (30) days of receipt with a brief explanation of the nature of the damage, and we will replace it at no charge to you. Thank you again for your commitment to supporting women survivors of war. If you have any questions about products, programs or the Virtual Bazaar itself, please feel free to contact us at , or at 202-737-7705.

For inquiries about wholesale orders, please contact .  We ask that wholesale orders exceed $500 and 50 units per product minimum purchase.

Friday December 14th 2007 is the last day to purchase products from the Virtual Bazaar for estimated delivery on or before Christmas. 


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Jewelry

 

Fluorite Bracelet

Afghanistan

Price: $28

Each bead in these colorful fluorite bracelets is hand faceted and completely unique. The women in our stone and silver jewelry class in Afghanistan learn to carve the beads from raw fluorite, which is plentiful in the area. Our bracelets feature silver hook clasps and are available in green, blue, dark purple, and light purple. Please note that every bracelet has a slightly different hue, due to the nature of the stone.

 

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Clothing  

Tie-Dyed Apron

Nigeria

Price: $21

As brilliant as a tropical flower, our new apron design is hand-crafted by women artisans in Nigeria. Using traditional tie-dye methods to create patterns in vibrant tones of pink and white, women sew the aprons by hand stitching on a front pocket and waist tie. Yours will have you thumbing through cookbooks the minute it arrives. Aprons available through the Virtual Bazaar are made by the Unique Batik Tie & Dye Cooperative, a small business started and operated by six Women for Women International graduates: Roseline Ezeora, Happiness Ihejika, Edith Ene, Christiana Mbledeogwu, Eunice Ugwuanyi and Chika Ann.

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Cook's Apron

Kosovo

Price: $38

Our whimsical full length apron is created on sturdy white pin point cotton fabric and features 2 front pockets and delightful embroidery in a kitchen motif.  Each apron is created by graduates of our program in Kosovo and is hand embroidered on the pocket with colorful items that you might find in your own kitchen.  An additional pocket provides a place for you to store stirring spoons or other implements that you might need while creating the perfect meal.  

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Designed by Samantha Wong,

Parsons The New School For Design

in collaboration with

Women for Women International - Kosovo

Home Decor  
   

Wrapped Up Placemat Set

Kosovo

Prices

Individual - $31

Set of 2 - $50

Set of 4 - $90

Three words describe our new embroidered linen place setting; beautiful, clever and functional!  Each place setting features an embroidered linen placemat and napkin, all wrapped up in a matching buttoned tie. Deep ocean blue linen provides the background hand embroidered edging in delicate white flowers and tiny green leaves.  Truly unique and beautiful, these settings are offered individually or in groups of 2 or 4.

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Designed by Yulia Frumkin,

Parsons The New School For Design

in collaboration with

Women for Women International - Kosovo

   

Music

 

Let Freedom Ring $15

Songs by Patricia Williams and Friends of Project Independence

Produced through our partnership with Soroptimist International, a global service organization for women, we are proud to offer Let Freedom Ring, a compilation of songs of hope and healing. The inspiration for this Grammy-nominated album came from the women survivors of war in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda who are daily working to overcome the aftermath of war. The music is dedicated to all of the heroines who survive struggles in their lives and those committed to support survivors.

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Greeting Cards

 

Women for Women International Photo Note Cards

Price: $15


Women for Women International’s note cards are perfect for your thank-yous, miss-yous, or just to say hello – and help to spread the word about how your friends and family can help women survivors of war.  The cards feature pictures of women in our program from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, DRC Congo, Rwanda.  Each box includes 10 cards and envelopes.

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