Why won't Kiwi fashion brands protect overseas garment-makers from poverty?
Article in stuff.co.nz by Tracey Decena
The fashion industry may be vast and glamorous, but it is built on the backs of millions of women who live in poverty. Multi-million-dollar fashion brands rake in huge profits yearly, with fashion executives earning $2,500 per hour on average, while the lowest-paid worker in their supply chain gets as little as $0.65 per hour. When you look at it that way, you can’t deny who has the power and the responsibility to change the lives of the garment workers. It’s the clothing brands.
Lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream - Hawkes' Bay Today
HAWKES BAY TODAY Delta Covid 19 lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream 19 Aug, 2021 02:00 PM Ana Wilkinson-Gee in her new sewing studio. Hawkes Bay Today By: Brenda Vowden It...
2018 July - The Important Choice of Empowering Women
Picture Credit: The Economist
In 1967 the UN Member States adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against women. The articles in the declaration clearly seek to ensure women have equity with men and to have a freedom as a human being to make choices about how to live their life. In 1979 the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Womenwas...
See original at http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2018/jan/06/a-stitch-in-time-1744787.html A Stitch in Time
By By Soumika M Das | Published: 06th January 2018 10:00 PM |
Ana with her students at Holi BoliOn an ordinary afternoon at Malipali—a village of 250 families in Odisha’s Sambalpur district—men are out in the fields, women are busy peeling garlic cloves or chopping vegetables, with...
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life
From: Napier Courier; Wednesday 28 May 2014. John IrelandAs a student at Tamatea High School, Ana Wilkinson-Gee had two passions - India and sewing.Now 39, and a mother of three, Ana has been indulging her twin interests for more than four years as she and her husband, Daniel, operate CIC (Continuous Improvement Communities) out of the village of Bhalupali in the Indian state of Orissa.A...
How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home
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2020 April - Holi Boli in New Zealand Herald Newspaper
Holi Boli founder, Ana Wilkinson, tells about why she is trying to repatriate to NZ during the Coronavirus Pandemic in the New Zealand Herald (Hawke's Bay Today).
2018 January - Holi Boli Stitching School on News World Odisha.
Wow! The Holi Boli sewing school is on the News! News World Odisha have done a segment on our sewing school in their human interest section of the 6pm News on the 18th January. The film crew were a lot of fun and put all the ladies at ease. Thank you to News World Odisha for making us all famous.... at least for a few minutes! :) Small English part after 1 min 23 sec. Enjoy! :)
From sewing in Tamatea, to teaching women in India
Newspaper link click here
Author: MEGAN HUNTJune 9 2017
Holi Boli founder Ana Wilkinson-Gee with some of her company's designs.In 2010 Ana Wilkinson-Gee and her family moved to India.To reach their home in Bhalupali, a small village in central Odisha on the country's east coast, the family of five fly into Kolkata then take a 12-hour train ride...
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India
By Tania McCauley HAWKES BAY TODAY, NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND4:00 PM Thursday May 29, 2014 Ana Wilkinson has been running sewing courses for women in India.Former Hawke's Bay couple Ana and Daniel Wilkinson have spent the past few years creating job opportunities for rural Indian villagers. It includes the Holi Boli clothing line, several examples of which are on show at the Photographers...
Why won't Kiwi fashion brands protect overseas garment-makers from poverty?
Article in stuff.co.nz by Tracey Decena
The fashion industry may be vast and glamorous, but it is built on the backs of millions of women who live in poverty. Multi-million-dollar fashion brands rake in huge profits yearly, with fashion executives earning $2,500 per hour on average, while the lowest-paid worker in their supply chain gets as little as $0.65 per hour. When you look at it that way, you can’t deny who has the power and the responsibility to change the lives of the garment workers. It’s the clothing brands.
How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home
See original article at Stuff.co.nz How ethical entrepreneurs go that little bit greener in their own home by Mikaela Willkes - 8 January 2022 The eco-renovator - Rose Hope The...
Lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream - Hawkes' Bay Today
HAWKES BAY TODAY Delta Covid 19 lockdown postpones Holi Boli runway dream 19 Aug, 2021 02:00 PM Ana Wilkinson-Gee in her new sewing studio. Hawkes Bay Today By: Brenda Vowden It...
2020 April - Holi Boli in New Zealand Herald Newspaper
Holi Boli founder, Ana Wilkinson, tells about why she is trying to repatriate to NZ during the Coronavirus Pandemic in the New Zealand Herald (Hawke's Bay Today).
2018 July - The Important Choice of Empowering Women
Picture Credit: The Economist
In 1967 the UN Member States adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against women. The articles in the declaration clearly seek to ensure women have equity with men and to have a freedom as a human being to make choices about how to live their life. In 1979 the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Womenwas...
2018 January - Holi Boli Stitching School on News World Odisha.
Wow! The Holi Boli sewing school is on the News! News World Odisha have done a segment on our sewing school in their human interest section of the 6pm News on the 18th January. The film crew were a lot of fun and put all the ladies at ease. Thank you to News World Odisha for making us all famous.... at least for a few minutes! :) Small English part after 1 min 23 sec. Enjoy! :)
See original at http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2018/jan/06/a-stitch-in-time-1744787.html A Stitch in Time
By By Soumika M Das | Published: 06th January 2018 10:00 PM |
Ana with her students at Holi BoliOn an ordinary afternoon at Malipali—a village of 250 families in Odisha’s Sambalpur district—men are out in the fields, women are busy peeling garlic cloves or chopping vegetables, with...
From sewing in Tamatea, to teaching women in India
Newspaper link click here
Author: MEGAN HUNTJune 9 2017
Holi Boli founder Ana Wilkinson-Gee with some of her company's designs.In 2010 Ana Wilkinson-Gee and her family moved to India.To reach their home in Bhalupali, a small village in central Odisha on the country's east coast, the family of five fly into Kolkata then take a 12-hour train ride...
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India
By Tania McCauley HAWKES BAY TODAY, NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND4:00 PM Thursday May 29, 2014 Ana Wilkinson has been running sewing courses for women in India.Former Hawke's Bay couple Ana and Daniel Wilkinson have spent the past few years creating job opportunities for rural Indian villagers. It includes the Holi Boli clothing line, several examples of which are on show at the Photographers...
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life
From: Napier Courier; Wednesday 28 May 2014. John IrelandAs a student at Tamatea High School, Ana Wilkinson-Gee had two passions - India and sewing.Now 39, and a mother of three, Ana has been indulging her twin interests for more than four years as she and her husband, Daniel, operate CIC (Continuous Improvement Communities) out of the village of Bhalupali in the Indian state of Orissa.A...
