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Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown
Funny. I worked at Kate Spade corporate at the time. I have distinct memories of this project and 1. it was not a sweatshop, far from it,
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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.
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2. the company was looking for ways to support women makers in Africa.
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"Support" and "women makers" is a corporate-speak dodge.
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3. The products that were made in Rwanda were made by small groups of individuals that were part of cooperatives, etc.
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"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.
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But anyways, in the event you aren't aware, in the years after the genocide in Rwanda, in part because there were so few men left,
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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
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To this day, Rwanda has a higher proportion of women in government than I think virtually any country in the world, let alone Africa (61%).
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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.
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It has also emerged as one of the highest functioning and fastest growing countries on the continent. There are many who believe that this is not a coincidence. I happen to agree with them.
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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.
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There was a decent amount of sponsorship internally to make this a permanent component of Kate Spade's business but the logistics were a nightmare.
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Well everyone got a resume line, and that's what it was really all about.
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Nonetheless, I digress. Funny how people can make assumptions and are completely wrong.
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Yep.