Statistically, women reinvest much more of their wages into their families.
Parker Clay believes that when you empower a woman, you empower a village, and in Ethiopia, they are creating opportunities for women today to build a better world for tomorrow.
To them, empowerment demands more than just jobs and living wages. They aim to break the chain of dependency by providing women with the skills, tools, and means they need to uplift their communities, their way.
Nobody is better-positioned to transform Ethiopia than the women who call it home. It's time to let them lead, and with every purchase, you help them light the way.
They source their leather from local Ethiopian providers who treat their animals with care and respect. They also offer prime fair-trade prices to local farmers. Since they use ethically sourced leather from food animals, their sourcing has a negligible environmental impact on local agriculture and processes.
At Parker Clay, they hire at-risk women, pay living wages and benefits, and provide skills training, career advancement, and financial literacy opportunities to all of their employees.
46% of their employees are receiving a salary for the first time, ever. They calculate living wages based on a "basket of goods" model, which reevaluates the local cost of living regularly to ensure that the lowest salary they pay is always enough to provide for a family in Addis Ababa. To protect against fluctuating local currency, they pay wages in USD.
