Fair Trade
The Marketplace at Together Women Rise features partners that support gender equality around the world. Making it your first stop for gifts, home goods and more multiplies the power of your purchase by supporting women artisans and Together Women Rise. Support the partners below and find more at togetherwomenrise.org/the-marketplace.
Investing in women is the basis for prosperity and peace in our world, and the Women’s Peace Collection is doing its part. Each item in this online, fair-trade store speaks to this hopeful vision: women’s hands are a force for peace. The site sells jewelry, scarves, baskets, bags and more made by women from around the world who are rebuilding their lives in the shadows of war, civil strife or crippling poverty. All of the products are handcrafted, sustainable and will help empower women entrepreneurs. Together Women Rise receives 10 percent of the purchase price by mentioning Together Women Rise in the “Note to Women’s Peace Collection” during checkout. Visit Women’s Peace Collection here.
Books
Fiction
A novel that follows four generations of Luo women from pre- through post-colonial Kenya. Kenyan author Margaret A. Ogola brings together history with the themes of women’s empowerment and changing cultural experience.
Non-Fiction
Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya’s Slums Started a Revolution
Author Ellie Roscher uses the creation and ultimate success of the Kibera Girl’s Soccer Academy as a framework to illustrate the need for multi-faceted support to improve girls’ lives – and how sports can be an entry point and springboard.
Wangari Maathai’s inspirational memoir about her life as a social, environmental and political activist in Kenya. Maathai was a single mother of three and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004)
Films
African Cats from Disney Nature
Available on Amazon streaming, DVD, and on Disney+
From Amazon: Take an extraordinary adventure through the untamed African savanna as you come face-to face with the majestic kings that roam the land.
Recommended by Recipe Co-Curator Vinola V. Munyon
Available on Amazon streaming, DVD, and on Disney+
From Amazon: Disney presents QUEEN OF KATWE, a movie based on a vibrant true story starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo and directed by Mira Nair. A Ugandan girl’s life changes forever when she discovers she has an amazing talent for chess in this celebration of the human spirit.