Freeset

April 19, 2013 | JVI

Freeset is a fair trade business offering employment to women trapped in Kolkata’s sex trade. We make quality jute bags and organic cotton t-shirts, but our business is freedom!

We would like to see the 10,000 sex workers in our neighborhood empowered with the choice of leaving a profession they never chose in the first place.

For more information or to purchase items, visit The Shop For Freedom.

There are millions of children, women and men around the world with similar stories. Help us change their story one life at a time.

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