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Shakti.ism is a not-for-profit social enterprise with a mission to empower and employ women from marginalised communities (currently in India, Bangladesh and Nepal), especially those at risk of being impacted by gender-based violence. Shakti.ism aims to preserve local skills and traditions, to have a positive environmental impact by reducing waste, and to empower women by providing meaningful and stable employment along with fair living wages. This gives them the opportunity to become self-sustaining and maintain their independence. We focus on upcycling traditional sari fabric and ethically source materials to create beautiful products using traditional local techniques, such as block-printing and kantha-stitching. Our artisans breathe new life into secondhand sari fabric by turning it into beautiful products that are unique, zero waste and socially impactful. We're now expanding into workshops and other creative impactful activities to share and preserve the timeless traditional handicrafts of the regions we work in, and to create additional avenues of employment for our artisan partners.