Why We're
Publishing Wages
Why We Invest In Women
“When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everybody else. ”
- Melinda Gates
We want to build a better world for the next generation—
one with less poverty and more equality, where less people are sick, and where more children go to school.
The good news? We know how to get there: investing in women.
ABLE chooses to work with women because we know that when women thrive, so do the economies in which
they operate.
Across the world, women are concentrated in the lowest-paid and least secure jobs, making them—and their children—more vulnerable to poverty. Last year, 82% of all wealth created went to the top 1%, while the bottom 50% saw no increase at all. And women bear the brunt of this growing inequality.
We also know that when we invest in women, economies and communities thrive. Women invest twice as much of their income into their families than men (80% vs. 30-40%), and when women are paid wages that meet their basic needs, it leads to greater personal safety and better overall health and education for each generation.
We believe that fashion—among the largest employers of women worldwide—should lead the way.
Fashion employs 45 million women worldwide, and most of them cannot meet their basic needs. They are also particularly susceptible to low wages, excessive hours, and exclusion from the formal economy.
At ABLE, we work with women who have often overcome extraordinary circumstances. We manufacture directly in the communities we wish to impact, both locally and globally, creating jobs and ending the cycle of charity dependency.
Through your purchase, you are ABLE to empower women and give them a job with dignity.